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/usr/bin/ps

utilities for monitor processes on a system

From procps 4.0.7-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running ps help (exit 1). permalink

error: list of process IDs must follow p

Usage:
 ps [options]

 Try 'ps --help <simple|list|output|threads|misc|all>'
  or 'ps --help <s|l|o|t|m|a>'
 for additional help text.

For more details see ps(1).

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.