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authorJohannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>2024-01-28 22:46:25 +0100
committerJohannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>2024-01-31 23:51:53 +0100
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ps: add thcount,ppid,signal output flags and examples
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@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ ps [opt]
--no-header .... do not print column header
-o <OUT> ....... comma separated list of output columns
-p <PID> ....... only show pid
+ -C <name> ...... only show processes matching name
-T ............. list threads
+ --signames ..... use short signames instead bitmasks
```
> Set `PS_FORMAT` env variable to setup default output columns.
Frequently used output columns
```
pid process id
+ppid parent process id
pgid process group id
tid thread id
@@ -21,11 +24,18 @@ cmd name of process + args (full)
etime elapsed time (since process started)
user user owning process
+thcount thread count of process
+nice nice value (-20 highest priority to 19 lowest)
pcpu cpu utilization (percent)
pmem physical resident set (rss) (percent)
rss physical memory (in kb)
vsz virtual memory (in kb)
+
+sig mask of pending signals
+sigcatch mask of caught signals
+sigignore mask of ignored signals
+sigmask mask of blocked signals
```
## Example: Use output for scripting
@@ -34,3 +44,17 @@ for tid in $(ps -o tid --no-header -T -p 31084); do
taskset -c -p $tid;
done
```
+
+## Example: Watch processes by name
+```sh
+watch -n1 ps -o pid,pcpu,pmem,rss,vsz,state,user,comm -C fish
+```
+
+## Example: Show signal information
+```sh
+# With signal masks.
+ps -o pid,user,sig,sigcatch,sigignore,sigmask,comm -p 66570
+
+# With signal names.
+ps --signames -o pid,user,sig,sigcatch,sigignore,sigmask,comm -p 66570
+```