In most Unix-like operating systems, the "ps" program displays the currently-running processes.

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List environment variables of a running process on AIX without character limit

Today I was trying to debug an issue where a process was not picking up the correct environmental variable. It took us hours before we realized that it wasn't picking up the correct variable. I tried ...
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High httpd memory usage?

I am concerned that I have a memory leak for some of my PHP code. I am far from a a newbie when it comes to programming, but I am a rookie when it comes to managing my own unix server. After a ...
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ps STAT returns RX on Mac OS X

I'm running a perl daemon on OS X server that is eating up 100% CPU on one of the processors and seems to be hung. I can't kill it as any user, but it doesn't report as a zombie process (normally the ...
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load-causing processes disappearing from “top” ps -o pcpu shows bogus numbers

I administer a large number of servers, and I have this problem only with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: I run a server under normal load (say load average 3.0 on an 8-core server). The "top" command shows ...
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Enable foreign users processes listing

how can I enable under Debian 6 to list the processes of a foreign user? I have the user nagios but this user can only list his own processes. Br
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ps segfaults on CentOS

I have a CentOS- 5.5 server with python2.6 installed from epel repo(disabled by default). It keeps segfaulting. I also have maatkit from epel repo installed. In addition, am running percona as a ...
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After updating debian lenny, ps stops recognising my users

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How to solve memory issues in Linux

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