Linux 101 : The "ps" command output
- PID : unique Process ID number that identifies a process.
- TTY : the terminal in which the process was started.
- TIME : refers to the CPU time that was necessary to start a process.
- CMD : represents the command used to start the process.
To see all the parameters displayed on our screen, we could use the "-f" option, for a full "display":
Below is a short description of the output columns:
- UID : User ID of the user account who the process.
- PPID : refers to the Parent process ID - PID of the process that started the displayed process -.
- C : "1" means that is executing on the CPU or waiting for its turn, and "0" means that the process is either sleeping or waiting for an event to act.
- STIME : refers to eth start time of the process.
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