ps Command

The ps command enables to check the status of active processes on a system, as well as show technical information about the processes. This data is meaningful for administrative tasks like as determining how to set procedure priorities.

Depending on the option which is selected, ps report the given information:

1. Current status of the process
2. Process ID
3. Parent process ID
4. User ID
5. Scheduling class
6. Priority
7. Address of the process
8. Memory used
9. CPU time used