Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 359

17.6.3 Process Tree: pstree
The command pstree produces a list of processes in the form of a tree:
tux@mercury:~> pstree
init-+-NetworkManagerD
|-acpid
|-3*[automount]
|-cron
|-cupsd
|-2*[dbus-daemon]
|-dbus-launch
|-dcopserver
|-dhcpcd
|-events/0
|-gpg-agent
|-hald-+-hald-addon-acpi
| `-hald-addon-stor
|-kded
|-kdeinit-+-kdesu---su---kdesu_stub---yast2---y2controlcenter
| |-kio_file
| |-klauncher
| |-konqueror
| |-konsole-+-bash---su---bash
| |
| `-kwin
|-kdesktop---kdesktop_lock---xmatrix
|-kdesud
|-kdm-+-X
| `-kdm---startkde---kwrapper
[...]
The parameter -p adds the process ID to a given name. To have the command lines
displayed as well, use the -a parameter:
17.6.4 Processes: top
The command top, which stands for "table of processes," displays a list of processes
that is refreshed every two seconds. To terminate the program, press Q . The parameter
-n 1 terminates the program after a single display of the process list. The following
is an example output of the command top -n 1:
`-bash
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