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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998. .\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License. .\" -.TH PS 1 2018-08-08 "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.TH PS "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .\" .\" To render this page: .\" groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 & @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ps \- report a snapshot of the current processes. .B ps displays information about a selection of the active processes. If you want a repetitive update of the selection and the displayed information, use -.IR top (1) +.B top instead. .P This version of @@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ implementations that this .B ps is compatible with. .P -Note that "\fBps \-aux\fR" is distinct from "\fBps\ aux\fR". The POSIX and -UNIX standards require that "\fBps\ \-aux\fR" print all processes owned by a -user named "x", as well as printing all processes that would be selected by +Note that \fBps \-aux\fR is distinct from \fBps\ aux\fR. The POSIX and +UNIX standards require that \fBps\ \-aux\fR print all processes owned by a +user named \fIx\fR, as well as printing all processes that would be selected by the .B \-a -option. If the user named "x" does not exist, this +option. If the user named \fIx\fR does not exist, this .B ps -may interpret the command as "\fBps\ aux\fR" instead and print a warning. +may interpret the command as \fBps\ aux\fR instead and print a warning. This behavior is intended to aid in transitioning old scripts and habits. It is fragile, subject to change, and thus should not be relied upon. .P @@ -740,14 +740,15 @@ Show threads, possibly with SPID column. .SH "OTHER INFORMATION" .TP .BI \-\-help \ section -Print a help message. The section argument can be one of -\fIs\fRimple, -\fIl\fRist, -\fIo\fRutput, -\fIt\fRhreads, -\fIm\fRisc or -\fIa\fRll. -The argument can be shortened to one of the underlined letters as in: s|l|o|t|m|a. +Print a help message. The \fIsection\fR argument can be one of +.IR s imple, +.IR l ist, +.IR o utput, +.IR t hreads, +.IR m "isc, or" +.IR a ll. +The argument can be shortened to one of the underlined letters as in: +s\^|\^l\^|\^o\^|\^t\^|\^m\^|\^a. .TP .B \-\-info Print debugging info. @@ -795,18 +796,18 @@ will be destroyed by if the parent process exits. .PP If the length of the username is greater than the length of the display -column, the username will be truncated. See the -o and -O formatting -options to customize length. +column, the username will be truncated. See the \fB\-o\fR and \fB\-O\fR +formatting options to customize length. .PP Commands options such as .B ps \-aux are not recommended as it is a confusion of two different standards. According to the POSIX and UNIX standards, the above command asks to display all processes with a TTY (generally the commands users are -running) plus all processes owned by a user named "x". If that user +running) plus all processes owned by a user named \fIx\fR. If that user doesn't exist, then .B ps -will assume you really meant "\fBps\fR \fIaux\fR". +will assume you really meant \fBps aux\fR. .SH "PROCESS FLAGS" The sum of these values is displayed in the "F" column, which is provided by the @@ -1157,8 +1158,8 @@ fully destroyed by its parent. The output in this column may contain spaces. (alias .BR ucmd , \ ucomm ). See also the -.B args format keyword, -the +.B args +format keyword, the .B \-f option, and the .B c @@ -1326,7 +1327,9 @@ format is displayed. (alias T} ipcns IPCNS T{ -Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. See namespaces(7). +Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. +See +.IR namespaces (7). T} label LABEL T{ @@ -1377,11 +1380,15 @@ The number of minor page faults that have occurred with this process. T} mntns MNTNS T{ -Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. See namespaces(7). +Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. +See +.IR namespaces (7). T} netns NETNS T{ -Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. See namespaces(7). +Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. +See +.IR namespaces (7). T} ni NI T{ @@ -1405,7 +1412,7 @@ T} numa NUMA T{ The node assocated with the most recently used processor. -A -1 means that NUMA information is unavailable. +A \fI\-1\fR means that NUMA information is unavailable. T} nwchan WCHAN T{ @@ -1458,7 +1465,9 @@ a number representing the process ID (alias T} pidns PIDNS T{ -Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. See namespaces(7). +Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. +See +.IR namespaces (7). T} pmem %MEM T{ @@ -1817,11 +1826,15 @@ see T} userns USERNS T{ -Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. See namespaces(7). +Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. +See +.IR namespaces (7). T} utsns UTSNS T{ -Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. See namespaces(7). +Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to. +See +.IR namespaces (7). T} uunit UUNIT T{ |