Monitoring processes using ps
We have used the command ps in the introduction. Let's learn more about it:
- To list the process associated with our current Bash shell terminal, enter the following command:
$ ps
- To list processes along with the parent process ID associated with the current terminal, enter the following command:
$ ps –f
We can see the process ID in the
PIDcolumn and the parent process ID in thePPIDcolumn in the preceding output. - To list processes with the parent process ID along with the process state, enter the following command:
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