#linux process

14 Important ‘ps’ commands to Monitor Linux Process With Examples

Linux is a powerful multi-tasking and multi-user operating system. It allows multiple processes to operate simultaneously without any interfering with each other. The ps (processes status) is a inbuilt command line utility that is used to display information about the processes running on the system. The ps command can be used to show all of the processes, or only those belonging to a specific…

What is Process in Linux

What is a process? Except the kernel, Everything on a Linux system runs in the context of a process. Process can be loosely defined as a running program. Every process on a Linux system has a unique Process ID (PID). Users and programs use this PID to communicate with the process. The key command to find out various processes and their properties on a Linux system is ps. E.g. the following…