Process Management Flashcards
1
Q
ps
A
Display your currently running processes
2
Q
ps -ef
A
Display all the currently running processes on the system
3
Q
ps -ef | grep processname
A
Display process information for “processname”
4
Q
top
A
Display and manage the top processes
5
Q
htop
A
Interactive process viewer (top alternative)
5
Q
kill pid
A
kill process with “pid” process ID
6
Q
killall processname
A
Kill all processes named “processname”
7
Q
program &
A
Start “program” in the background
8
Q
bg
A
Display stopped or background jobs
9
Q
fg
A
Brings the most recent background job to foreground
10
Q
fg n
A
Brings job “n” to the foreground
11
Q
nohup processname
A
Runs a process even after user logs out (no hang up?)
