Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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Jim Warner 8c23dfdcd4 top: some minor tweaks supporting long cmdline options
This darn patch began as 1 correction to an extraneous
comma in the man document. Then, it grew to include an
adjustment for a couple of additional man page things.

After that, I figured I might as well tighten up logic
dealing with those awful gaps in the getopt_long code.

[ the error_exit mentioned in the associated comment ]
[ will only be taken when '=' ends the argv vectors! ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2021-09-08 21:35:20 +10:00
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doc docs: fix a couple of spelling errors in new man pages 2021-04-06 16:51:03 +10:00
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include c: print strerror() instead of error code. 2021-06-16 20:02:59 +10:00
lib Coverity scan findings - memleaks, unused vars, potential nullptr dereferences 2021-05-10 20:09:20 +10:00
man-po NLS: Update translate files 2021-06-17 16:45:07 +10:00
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po NLS: Update translate files 2021-06-17 16:45:07 +10:00
proc library: trade 2 strstr & atoi calls for 1 sscanf call 2021-08-24 20:52:10 +10:00
ps ps: document new items for displaying autogroup values 2021-08-09 22:00:23 +10:00
testsuite testsuite: Add test for previous sysctl change 2021-07-20 22:45:17 +10:00
top top: some minor tweaks supporting long cmdline options 2021-09-08 21:35:20 +10:00
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configure.ac configure: add macro to check for __PROGNAME 2021-05-29 16:14:52 +10:00
COPYING
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create-man-pot.sh
free.1 free: option to show memory commit limits 2021-06-16 20:29:03 +10:00
free.c free: option to show memory commit limits 2021-06-16 20:29:03 +10:00
INSTALL.md
kill.1
kill.c
Makefile.am configure: Add --disable-w 2021-04-24 11:29:48 +10:00
NEWS NEWS: update to acknowledge top's long cmdline options 2021-09-07 08:02:43 +10:00
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pgrep.c pkill: Add lt- variants 2021-04-05 14:40:00 +10:00
pidof.1
pidof.c
pidwait.1
pkill.1
pmap.1
pmap.c Coverity scan findings - memleaks, unused vars, potential nullptr dereferences 2021-05-10 20:09:20 +10:00
pwdx.1
pwdx.c
README.md
skill.1
skill.c
slabtop.1 slabtop: Check for bad d and o option combination 2021-03-11 22:10:37 +11:00
slabtop.c slabtop: Check for bad d and o option combination 2021-03-11 22:10:37 +11:00
snice.1
sysctl.8 sysctl man page update for pattern 2021-05-29 16:20:02 +10:00
sysctl.c sysctl: Check path is under /proc/sys 2021-07-20 22:36:15 +10:00
sysctl.conf
sysctl.conf.5
tload.1 docs: some manpage fixes 2020-06-04 22:33:16 +10:00
tload.c
translate-man.sh
uptime.1
uptime.c
vmstat.8 vmstat: add guest time to stat 2021-04-28 18:51:34 +10:00
vmstat.c vmstat: add guest time to stat 2021-04-28 18:51:34 +10:00
w.1
w.c w: Remove unreachable l option code 2021-03-11 21:48:14 +11:00
watch.1 watch.1: Correct long option for no linewrap. 2021-04-24 12:01:49 +10:00
watch.c Coverity scan findings - memleaks, unused vars, potential nullptr dereferences 2021-05-10 20:09:20 +10:00

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procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem most commonly located at /proc. This filesystem provides a simple interface to the kernel data structures. The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processess running on the system.

The following programs are found in procps:

  • free - Report the amount of free and used memory in the system
  • kill - Send a signal to a process based on PID
  • pgrep - List processes based on name or other attributes
  • pkill - Send a signal to a process based on name or other attributes
  • pmap - Report memory map of a process
  • ps - Report information of processes
  • pwdx - Report current directory of a process
  • skill - Obsolete version of pgrep/pkill
  • slabtop - Display kernel slab cache information in real time
  • snice - Renice a process
  • sysctl - Read or Write kernel parameters at run-time
  • tload - Graphical representation of system load average
  • top - Dynamic real-time view of running processes
  • uptime - Display how long the system has been running
  • vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
  • w - Report logged in users and what they are doing
  • watch - Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen

Reporting Bugs

There are a few ways of reporting bugs or feature requests:

  1. Your distributions bug reporter. If you are using a distribution your first port of call is their bug tracker. This is because each distribution has their own patches and way of dealing with bugs. Also bug reporting often does not need any subscription to websites.
  2. GitLab Issues - To the left of this page is the issue tracker. You can report bugs here.
  3. Email list - We have an email list (see below) where you can report bugs. The problem with this method is bug reports often get lost and cannot be tracked. This is especially a big problem when its something that will take time to resolve.

If you need to report bugs, there is more details on the Bug Reporting page.

Email List

The email list for the developers and users of procps is found at http://www.freelists.org/archive/procps/ This email list discusses the development of procps and is used by distributions to also forward or discuss bugs.