Summary

In this chapter, you looked at the four major topics involving processes provided with the shell:

  • Starting a process

  • Listing running processes

  • Killing a process (kill command)

  • Manipulating parent and child processes

As you write scripts and use the shell, knowing how to work with processes improves your productivity.

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