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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-procps" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>procps</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&procps-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&procps-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Procps-&procps-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para>
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27 |
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28 | <segmentedlist>
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29 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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30 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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31 |
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32 | <seglistitem>
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33 | <seg>&procps-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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34 | <seg>&procps-ch6-du;</seg>
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35 | </seglistitem>
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36 | </segmentedlist>
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37 |
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38 | </sect2>
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39 |
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40 | <sect2 role="installation">
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41 | <title>Installation of Procps</title>
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42 |
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43 | <para>Apply a patch to prevent an error message from being displayed when
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44 | determining the kernel clock tick rate:</para>
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45 |
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46 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&procps-hz_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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47 |
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48 | <para>Apply a patch to fix a unicode related issue in the
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49 | <command>watch</command> program:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&procps-watch-patch;</userinput></screen>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Do not install the kill program because it was installed by util-linux.
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54 | Also fix a bug in the Makefile, which prevents procps from building with
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55 | make-&make-version;:</para>
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56 |
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57 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's@\*/module.mk@proc/module.mk ps/module.mk@' \
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58 | -e 's@^#SKIP@SKIP@' Makefile</userinput></screen>
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59 |
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60 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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61 |
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62 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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63 |
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64 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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65 |
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66 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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67 |
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68 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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69 |
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70 | </sect2>
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71 |
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72 | <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content">
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73 | <title>Contents of Procps</title>
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74 |
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75 | <segmentedlist>
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76 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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77 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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78 |
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79 | <seglistitem>
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80 | <seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop, snice,
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81 | sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
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82 | <seg>libproc.so</seg>
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83 | </seglistitem>
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84 | </segmentedlist>
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85 |
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86 | <variablelist>
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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88 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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89 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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90 |
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91 | <varlistentry id="free">
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92 | <term><command>free</command></term>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
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95 | swap memory) in the system</para>
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96 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free">
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97 | <primary sortas="b-free">free</primary>
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98 | </indexterm>
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99 | </listitem>
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100 | </varlistentry>
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101 |
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102 | <varlistentry id="kill">
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103 | <term><command>kill</command></term>
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104 | <listitem>
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105 | <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
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106 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill">
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107 | <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
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108 | </indexterm>
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109 | </listitem>
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110 | </varlistentry>
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111 |
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112 | <varlistentry id="pgrep">
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113 | <term><command>pgrep</command></term>
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114 | <listitem>
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115 | <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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116 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep">
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117 | <primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary>
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118 | </indexterm>
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119 | </listitem>
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120 | </varlistentry>
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121 |
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122 | <varlistentry id="pkill">
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123 | <term><command>pkill</command></term>
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124 | <listitem>
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125 | <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill">
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127 | <primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary>
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128 | </indexterm>
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129 | </listitem>
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130 | </varlistentry>
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131 |
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132 | <varlistentry id="pmap">
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133 | <term><command>pmap</command></term>
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134 | <listitem>
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135 | <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
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136 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap">
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137 | <primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary>
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138 | </indexterm>
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139 | </listitem>
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140 | </varlistentry>
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141 |
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142 | <varlistentry id="ps">
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143 | <term><command>ps</command></term>
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144 | <listitem>
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145 | <para>Lists the current running processes</para>
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146 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps">
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147 | <primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary>
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148 | </indexterm>
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149 | </listitem>
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150 | </varlistentry>
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151 |
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152 | <varlistentry id="pwdx">
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153 | <term><command>pwdx</command></term>
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154 | <listitem>
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155 | <para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para>
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156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwdx">
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157 | <primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary>
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158 | </indexterm>
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159 | </listitem>
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160 | </varlistentry>
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161 |
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162 | <varlistentry id="skill">
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163 | <term><command>skill</command></term>
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164 | <listitem>
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165 | <para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para>
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166 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill">
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167 | <primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary>
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168 | </indexterm>
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169 | </listitem>
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170 | </varlistentry>
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171 |
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172 | <varlistentry id="slabtop">
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173 | <term><command>slabtop</command></term>
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174 | <listitem>
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175 | <para>Displays detailed kernel slap cache information in real time</para>
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176 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps slabtop">
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177 | <primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary>
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178 | </indexterm>
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179 | </listitem>
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180 | </varlistentry>
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181 |
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182 | <varlistentry id="snice">
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183 | <term><command>snice</command></term>
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184 | <listitem>
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185 | <para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given
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186 | criteria</para>
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187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice">
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188 | <primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary>
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189 | </indexterm>
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190 | </listitem>
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191 | </varlistentry>
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192 |
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193 | <varlistentry id="sysctl">
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194 | <term><command>sysctl</command></term>
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195 | <listitem>
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196 | <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
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197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl">
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198 | <primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary>
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199 | </indexterm>
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200 | </listitem>
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201 | </varlistentry>
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202 |
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203 | <varlistentry id="tload">
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204 | <term><command>tload</command></term>
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205 | <listitem>
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206 | <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
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207 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload">
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208 | <primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary>
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209 | </indexterm>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 | </varlistentry>
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212 |
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213 | <varlistentry id="top">
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214 | <term><command>top</command></term>
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215 | <listitem>
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216 | <para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
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217 | provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para>
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218 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top">
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219 | <primary sortas="b-top">top</primary>
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220 | </indexterm>
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221 | </listitem>
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222 | </varlistentry>
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223 |
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224 | <varlistentry id="uptime">
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225 | <term><command>uptime</command></term>
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226 | <listitem>
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227 | <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
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228 | logged on, and the system load averages</para>
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229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime">
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230 | <primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary>
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231 | </indexterm>
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232 | </listitem>
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233 | </varlistentry>
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234 |
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235 | <varlistentry id="vmstat">
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236 | <term><command>vmstat</command></term>
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
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239 | processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU
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240 | activity</para>
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241 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat">
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242 | <primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 | </listitem>
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245 | </varlistentry>
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246 |
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247 | <varlistentry id="w">
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248 | <term><command>w</command></term>
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since
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251 | when</para>
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252 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w">
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253 | <primary sortas="b-w">w</primary>
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254 | </indexterm>
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255 | </listitem>
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256 | </varlistentry>
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257 |
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258 | <varlistentry id="watch">
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259 | <term><command>watch</command></term>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
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262 | screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output
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263 | change over time</para>
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264 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch">
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265 | <primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary>
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266 | </indexterm>
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267 | </listitem>
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268 | </varlistentry>
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269 |
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270 | <varlistentry id="libproc">
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271 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
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272 | <listitem>
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273 | <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this
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274 | package</para>
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275 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc">
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276 | <primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary>
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277 | </indexterm>
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278 | </listitem>
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279 | </varlistentry>
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280 |
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281 | </variablelist>
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282 |
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283 | </sect2>
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284 |
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285 | </sect1>
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