START – This is the time the process started running.

STAT – This points to the process state code e.g S (sleeping), Z (zombie) and R (Running).

RSS – This is the size/amount of physical memory being used by a process.

VSZ – This is the size of virtual memory of each process in kilobytes.

%MEM – This is the % of the physical memory used up by the process.

%CPU – This it the percentage CPU usage of each process.

PID – This is the Process ID of the process.

USER – This specifies the user running the process.

The x flag lists processes that are usually started upon a system boot as well as background processes. It provides more detailed information associated with the running processes. The -u flag implies a user-oriented format. This, however, excludes the processes associated with a specific terminal. The -a flag instructs ps to display all the processes from all the users. To list the processes in BSD format, run the command $ ps -aux ~]$ ps -e 4) Displaying output in BSD format

To get an overview of all the running processes on your Linux system use the -A flag as shown: ~]$ ps -AĪlternatively, you can also use the – e flag as shown.

~]$ 3) Displaying all the running processes on your system To list the processes associated with the terminal you are currently running, execute the command: ~]$ ps -T This is much like the listing the processes in the shell. CMD: Name of the command that started the process.Ģ) Listing processes associated with a terminal.

TIME: This is the time / cumulative time that a process has run for.TTY: This refers to the terminal that started and is controlling the process.

Linux process monitor