Column	Description
UID	User ID that this process belongs to (the person running it).
PID	Process ID.
PPID	Parent process ID (the ID of the process that started it).
C	CPU utilization of process.
STIME	Process start time.
TTY	Terminal type associated with the process
TIME	CPU time taken by the process.
CMD	The command that started this process.

Option	Description
-a	Shows information about all users
-x	Shows information about processes without terminals.
-u	Shows additional information like -f option.
-e	Display extended information.

$ls ch*.doc

						

ch01-1.doc   ch010.doc  ch02.doc    ch03-2.doc 
ch04-1.doc   ch040.doc  ch05.doc    ch06-2.doc
ch01-2.doc   ch02-1.doc

						
Background Processes:

$ls ch*.doc &

						

ch01-1.doc   ch010.doc  ch02.doc    ch03-2.doc 
ch04-1.doc   ch040.doc  ch05.doc    ch06-2.doc
ch01-2.doc   ch02-1.doc

						

[1]   +   Done                 ls ch*.doc &
$

						
Listing Running Processes:

$ps
PID       TTY      TIME        CMD
18358     ttyp3    00:00:00    sh
18361     ttyp3    00:01:31    abiword
18789     ttyp3    00:00:00    ps

						

$ps -f
UID      PID  PPID C STIME    TTY   TIME CMD
amrood   6738 3662 0 10:23:03 pts/6 0:00 first_one
amrood   6739 3662 0 10:22:54 pts/6 0:00 second_one
amrood   3662 3657 0 08:10:53 pts/6 0:00 -ksh
amrood   6892 3662 4 10:51:50 pts/6 0:00 ps -f

						
Stopping Processes:

$ps -f
UID      PID  PPID C STIME    TTY   TIME CMD
amrood   6738 3662 0 10:23:03 pts/6 0:00 first_one
amrood   6739 3662 0 10:22:54 pts/6 0:00 second_one
amrood   3662 3657 0 08:10:53 pts/6 0:00 -ksh
amrood   6892 3662 4 10:51:50 pts/6 0:00 ps -f
$kill 6738
Terminated

						

$kill -9 6738
Terminated

						
The top Command:

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