Commands tagged pstree (7)

  • View Processeses like a fu, fu

    I don't truly enjoy many commands more than this one, which I alias to be ps1.. Cool to be able to see the heirarchy and makes it clearer what need to be killed, and whats really going on. Show Sample Output


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    command ps -Hacl -F S -A f
    AskApache · 2009-08-19 07:08:19 0
  • View and review the system process tree.

    The "pstree" command uses special line-drawing characters. However, when piped into the "less" pager, these are normally disabled.


    7
    pstree -Gap | less -r
    mbirk · 2009-05-21 05:15:16 0
  • Output Detailed Process Tree for any User

    An easy function to get a process tree listing (very detailed) for all the processes of any gived user. This function is also in my http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output


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    psu(){ command ps -Hcl -F S f -u ${1:-$USER}; }
    AskApache · 2009-11-13 06:10:33 1
  • Display full tree information of a single process


    4
    pstree -plants $(pidof -s firefox)
    cbrchrt · 2018-09-04 12:22:57 0
  • View Processeses like a fu, fu

    Shows a less detailed output, made only of the process tree and their pids.


    1
    pstree -p
    Octave · 2009-08-20 23:31:30 0
  • Display the tree of all instance of a particular process


    1
    pgrep 'sleep' | while read pid; do pstree -sa -H$pid $pid ; done
    earthdan · 2014-04-29 08:47:32 0
  • Blinking, Color Highlighted search for input/output and files, like grep --color

    hb(){ sed "s/\($*\)/`tput setaf 2;tput setab 0;tput blink`\1`tput sgr0`/gI"; } hb blinks, hc does a reverse color with background.. both very nice. hc(){ sed "s/\($*\)/`tput setaf 0;tput setab 6`\1`tput sgr0`/gI"; } Run this: command ps -Hacl -F S -A f | hc ".*$PPID.*" | hb ".*$$.*" Your welcome ;) From my bash profile - http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output


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    hb(){ sed "s/\($*\)/`tput setaf 2;tput setab 0;tput blink`\1`tput sgr0`/gI"; }
    AskApache · 2010-04-07 08:45:26 1

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