Task Manager in Linux, specifically ps command

Linux Fundamentals

Created: 2022-06-21
Tags: #permanent


ps, provides list of running processes
ps aux, ALL users running processes

top, to view info in real time. Updates 10 seconds and will also update each time you move cursor through arrow keys

Foregrounding and Backgrounding a process
For instance, you are loop printing "Hello World" and you want to start using the command line. You don't have to open a new terminal just to leave that loop printing in background. You can just do ctrl+z, rest assured when you use ps, the process will still be there.
fg is used to make the background process into foreground.

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