How to check running process in ubuntu terminal

As a system administrator, you might need to check all the processes that are consuming your computer's resources.

To get the list of all the running processes, run the ps command with argument flags in the following fashion:

This will give you a list of all running processes by all users on your system.

Linux find process by pid

You may use grep to filter the process using a pattern.

Let's see about using it in detail. I'll also share other commands to show running processes in Linux.

ps command

The command is the standard command that most sysadmins use in a UNIX-like operating system.

There are several options that you can use with the command, but the set of options to use when you want a list of all processes is .

So, running the following command will show me all processes on my system:

Or, you can use the BSD-style syntax, which are still available in GNU

Lets break it down...

• : Display information about other users' processes as well as of the user's own (if the processes are connected to terminals i.e.

  daemons get excluded)

• : Display in a user readable format
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