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Running Processes

Everything on Linux is a process, including the ones you never see. Here is a snapshot from a desktop. Learn to read it and you can answer "what is my machine doing" in one line.

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Commands practised here

• ps auxEvery process with user, PID, CPU and command.
• topLive view that sorts by CPU as you watch.
• ps -p 310Details for one process ID.

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