Create, Monitor, and kill Processes Flashcards
What does the command ps do
Lists the process status of each running process on the system
What does the command top do
interactive, near real-time monitoring of processes runnning on a system
What does the command man proc do
Manula page for the /proc psuedo file system directory
What does the command man signal do
Manual pages for the various signal states of processes
What does the command uptime do
View how long the system has been up, how many users are logged in, and CPU load average
What does the command free do
View used and available memory and swap space
What does the command pgrep do
Find process info based on process name
What does the kill command do
Send a signal (usually SIGTERM) to a process based on PID
What does the command pkill do
Send a signal(usually SIGTERM) to a process based on process name
What does the command killall do
Kills all processes based on a name provided as an argument
What does the command watch do
Runs a command at specified intervals. Used to monitor a commands output
What does the command screen do
A terminal window manager that allows you to run commands in an isolated session
What does the command tmix do
A modern terminal window manager (like screen) with extra features
What does the command nohup do
Should a terminal window close, the process will still run as long as the login session is not terminated
What does the command bg do
Sends a job to the background while it keeps running
