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Processes are running instances of programs. Managing them is a key part of system administration. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to manage processes, including how to kill unresponsive processes and how to work with background processes.
kill
killall
Every running process has a unique identifier called a Process ID (PID). You can find the PID of a process using the ps or top commands:
ps
top
ps This will display a list of running processes along with their PIDs. PID TTY TIME CMD 2783 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 2794 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
To see more detailed information about the processes, you can use:
ps aux
This will show more detailed information about the processes.
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.5 169136 11168 ? Ss Aug23 0:00 /sbin/init sp root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug23 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug23 0:00 [pool_workque root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< Aug23 0:00 [kworker/R-rc root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< Aug23 0:00 [kworker/R-rc root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< Aug23 0:00 [kworker/R-sl root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< Aug23 0:00 [kworker/R-ne root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I Aug23 0:00 [kworker/u8:0
grep is a command used to search for text patterns. You can use it to filter the output of ps:
grep
ps aux | grep <process-name>
Notice the | symbol, which is a pipe that sends the output of ps aux to grep.
|
kill: Sends a signal to a process to terminate it. You need the PID to use this command.
kill <PID>
killall: Kills all processes with the specified name.
killall <process-name>
Background Processes: Run a command in the background by adding & at the end.
Background Processes
long_running_command &
Foreground Processes: Bring a background process to the foreground using fg.
Foreground Processes
fg
Pausing and Resuming: Pause a process with Ctrl + Z and resume it with bg for background or fg for foreground.
Pausing and Resuming
Ctrl + Z
bg
In this lesson, you learned how to manage processes by identifying PIDs, killing unresponsive processes, and working with background and foreground processes. Effective process management is crucial for maintaining system stability.
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