Process Management

Question 1

ps

Answer 1

Display your currently running processes

Question 2

ps -ef

Answer 2

Display all the currently running processes on the system

Question 3

ps -ef | grep processname

Answer 3

Display process information for “processname”

Question 4

top

Answer 4

Display and manage the top processes

Question 5

htop

Answer 5

Interactive process viewer (top alternative)

Question 5

kill pid

Answer 5

kill process with “pid” process ID

Question 6

killall processname

Answer 6

Kill all processes named “processname”

Question 7

program &

Answer 7

Start “program” in the background

Question 8

bg

Answer 8

Display stopped or background jobs

Question 9

fg

Answer 9

Brings the most recent background job to foreground

Question 10

fg n

Answer 10

Brings job “n” to the foreground

Question 11

nohup processname

Answer 11

Runs a process even after user logs out (no hang up?)