Linux Process Management
Linux process management commands — ps, top, kill, killall, pgrep, and more. Manage running processes and system resources. This category documents 26 Linux process management entries, and each page gives you the full syntax, the most useful options, a practical example you can paste into a terminal, and a difficulty rating. The entries are: ps, top, kill, killall, pgrep, pkill, nice, renice, nohup, bg, fg, jobs, watch, pstree, lsof, fuser, pidof, trap, atop, htop, glances, mpstat, iostat, vmstat, sar, strace. Not sure where to start? ps and top are the most commonly used commands in this category. The process management category is one of 15 categories in the Linux Reference, which covers 304+ commands and concepts in total. You can also search across every category from the search page, scan the cheat sheet, discover something new on the random command page, or read long-form tutorials on the blog.