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46.3.3. Displaying a Process Status

To display a status of processes in the system, type the ps command at the interactive prompt. You can use ps pid to display the status of the selected process.

Example 46.5. Displaying status of processes in the system

crash> ps
   PID    PPID  CPU   TASK    ST  %MEM     VSZ    RSS  COMM
      0      0   0  c068a3c0  RU   0.0       0      0  [swapper]
      1      0   0  f7c81aa0  IN   0.1    2152    616  init
... several lines omitted ...
   6017      1   0  e39f6550  IN   1.2   40200  13000  gnome-terminal
   6019   6017   0  e39f6000  IN   0.1    2568    708  gnome-pty-helpe
   6020   6017   0  f0421550  IN   0.1    4620   1480  bash
   6021      1   0  f7f69aa0  ??   1.2   40200  13000  gnome-terminal
   6039   6020   0  e7e84aa0  IN   0.1    5004   1300  su
>  6042   6039   0  f09c7000  RU   0.1    4620   1464  bash
Type help ps for more information on the command usage.