PS Column Descriptions Flashcards

1
Q

%cpu

A

percentage CPU usage (alias pcpu)

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2
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%mem

A

percentage memory usage (alias pmem)

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3
Q

acflag

A

accounting flag (alias acflg)

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4
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args

A

command and arguments

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5
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comm

A

command

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6
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command

A

command and arguments

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7
Q

cpu

A

shot-term CPU usage factor (for scheduling)

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8
Q

etime

A

elapsed runnning time

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9
Q

flags

A

the process flags, in hexadecimal (alias f)

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10
Q

gid

A

process group id (alias group)

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11
Q

inblk

A

total blacks read (alias inblock)

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12
Q

jobc

A

job control count

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13
Q

ktrace

A

tracing flags

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14
Q

ktracep

A

tracing vnode

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15
Q

lim

A

memoryuse limit

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16
Q

logname

A

login name of user who started the session

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17
Q

lstart

A

time started

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18
Q

majflt

A

total page faults

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19
Q

minflt

A

total page reclaims

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20
Q

msgrcv

A

total messages received (reads from pipes/sockets)

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21
Q

msgsnd

A

total messages sent (writes on pipes/sockets)

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22
Q

nice

A

nice value (alias ni)

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23
Q

nivcsw

A

total involuntary context switches

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24
Q

nsigs

A

total signals taken (alias nsignals)

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25
Q

nswap

A

total swaps in/out

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26
Q

nvcsw

A

total voluntary context switches

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27
Q

nwchan

A

wait channel (as an address)

28
Q

oublk

A

total blocks written (alias oublock)

29
Q

p_ru

A

resource usage (valid only for zombie)

30
Q

paddr

A

swap address

31
Q

pagein

A

pageins (same as majflt)

32
Q

pgid

A

process group number

33
Q

pid

A

process ID

34
Q

ppid

A

parent process ID

35
Q

pri

A

scheduling priority

36
Q

re

A

core residency time (in seconds; 127 = infinity)

37
Q

rgid

A

real group ID

38
Q

rss

A

resident set size

39
Q

ruid

A

real user ID

40
Q

ruser

A

user name (from ruid)

41
Q

sess

A

session ID

42
Q

sig

A

pending signals (alias pending)

43
Q

sigmask

A

blocked signals (alias blocked)

44
Q

sl

A

sleep time (in seconds; 127 = infinity

45
Q

start

A

time started

46
Q

state

A

symbolic process state (alias stat)

47
Q

svgid

A

saved grid from a setgid executable

48
Q

svuid

A

saved UID from a setuid executable

49
Q

tdev

A

control terminal device number

50
Q

time

A

accumulated CPU time, user + system (alias cputime)

51
Q

tpgid

A

control terminal process group ID

52
Q

tsess

A

control terminal session ID

53
Q

tsiz

A

text size (in Kbytes)

54
Q

tt

A

control terminal name (two letter abbreviation)

55
Q

tty

A

full name of control terminal

56
Q

ucomm

A

name to be used for accouting

57
Q

uid

A

effective user ID

58
Q

upr

A

scheduling priority on return from system call (alias usrpri)

59
Q

user

A

user name (from UID)

60
Q

utime

A

user CPU time (alias putime)

61
Q

vsz

A

virtual size in Kbytes (alias vsize)

62
Q

wchan

A

wait channel (as a symbolic name)

63
Q

wq

A

total number of workqueue threads

64
Q

wqb

A

number of blocked workqueue threads

65
Q

wqr

A

number of running workqueue threads

66
Q

wql

A

workqueue limit status (C = constrained thread limit, T = total thread limit)

67
Q

xstat

A

exit or stop status (valid only for stopped or zombie process)