ps

command process

Report a snapshot of current processes

Required Packages

sudo apt install -y procps

Options

Output format *

Custom columns (-o)

e.g. pid,user,%cpu,%mem,comm

Process tree (--forest) Process tree (--forest)

Show parent-child relationships as ASCII tree

Sort by (--sort)

e.g. -%cpu, -%mem, pid (prefix - for descending)

Filter by PID (-p)

Filter by command name (-C)

Filter by parent PID (--ppid)

Filter by name (pipe to grep)

Process name to search for

ps aux