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Package:  pslist
apt-get install pslist

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• pslist(1)
• rkill(1)
• rrenice(1)
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Manual

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PSLIST (1) General Commands Manual PSLIST (1)

NAME

pslist — control processes and their descendants

SYNOPSIS

pslist [ pid/name... ]
pslist -h | --help
pslist -v | --version

rkill [ -SIG ] pid/name...

rrenice [+/-]pri pid/name...

DESCRIPTION

The pslist utility examines the list of current processes to find a specified process and all its descendants. A process may be specified either by name or by process ID. If no arguments are given, pslist displays a list of the whole process tree. For each process specified on the command line, pslist outputs a line containing the process ID, the command name, and the PIDs of all the descendants (and their descendants, etc.).

When invoked as rkill , this utility does not display information about the processes, but sends them all a signal instead. If not specified on the command line, a terminate (SIGTERM) signal is sent.

When invoked as rrenice , this utility does not display information about the processes, but attempts to set their nice value instead.

RETURN VALUES

The pslist utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

pgrep (1), pkill (1)

HISTORY

The pslist utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2000.

AUTHORS

Peter Penchev ⟨ roam@ringlet.net⟩ Debian June 1, 2009 PSLIST (1)

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