ps

Display information about active processes for monitoring and debugging.

Quick Start

1. Verify availability: ps --version (GNU) or ps -V
2. List all processes: ps aux
3. Search for a specific process: ps aux | grep <name>

Intent Router

• references/cheatsheet.md — Common invocations, BSD vs POSIX syntax, column meanings, and filtering
• references/advanced-usage.md — Custom output formats, sorting, parent-child trees, combining with kill/grep, and scripting
• references/troubleshooting.md — Zombie processes, permission limitations, macOS vs Linux differences, and high-load interpretation

Core Workflow