ps -o start,time,etime -p mypid This shows the basic output from the time command, discussed later, except you don't have to wait until your program is finished. Most of the information that ps ...

A look at three Linux commands - ps, pstree and tree - for viewing files and processes in a tree-like format.

To start, understand that process accounting is different than what you see when running the ps command. It shows details on commands that have completed –- not those that are currently running.

Getting started with Linux can be more than a little daunting. In this article we help you learn the commands needed to find your way around and teach you how to find out more on your own.

Today, we will look at a script that provides more information on the processes keeping a file system busy by using fuser to supply process IDs to ps and ps to then display additional information ...

Use the ‘ps’ or ‘top’ commands to search for tasks of this type. Investigate and then eliminate or try to change the behavior of these types of jobs.