Viewing and Terminating

Question 1

What command reports a snapshot of the current processes?

Answer 1

ps
- By default ps selects all processess with the same effective user ID as the current user and the associated terminal.
- can use option e and f(full format listing)
-to see all processes run by another option do ps -u clouduser -f(full format)

Question 2

What command terminates a system process?

Answer 2

Kill
-sends SIGTERM signal 15
-9 SIGKILL terminates processes without allowing cleanup similar to killing computer without allowing it to gracefully shut down
- kill (processID to kill comes next) so kill 8556

Question 3

What command displays a dynamic real time view of processes running on a system?

Answer 3

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-provides a limited interactive intterface for process manipulation as well as a much more extensive interface for personal configuration
Clicking H key after running command takes you to help