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    2929<title>Installation of Procps</title>
    3030
    31 <para>Compile Procps:</para>
     31<para>Compile the package:</para>
    3232
    3333<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    5050</segmentedlist>
    5151
    52 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     52<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
    5353<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5454
    … …  
    5656<term><command>free</command></term>
    5757<listitem>
    58 <para>reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
    59 swap memory) in the system.</para>
     58<para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
     59swap memory) in the system</para>
    6060<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
    6161</listitem>
    … …  
    6565<term><command>kill</command></term>
    6666<listitem>
    67 <para>sends signals to processes.</para>
     67<para>Sends signals to processes</para>
    6868<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm>
    6969</listitem>
    … …  
    7373<term><command>pgrep</command></term>
    7474<listitem>
    75 <para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
     75<para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
    7676<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm>
    7777</listitem>
    … …  
    8181<term><command>pkill</command></term>
    8282<listitem>
    83 <para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
     83<para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
    8484<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm>
    8585</listitem>
    … …  
    8989<term><command>pmap</command></term>
    9090<listitem>
    91 <para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para>
     91<para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
    9292<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm>
    9393</listitem>
    … …  
    9797<term><command>ps</command></term>
    9898<listitem>
    99 <para>lists the current running processes.</para>
     99<para>Lists the current running processes</para>
    100100<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm>
    101101</listitem>
    … …  
    105105<term><command>skill</command></term>
    106106<listitem>
    107 <para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para>
     107<para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para>
    108108<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm>
    109109</listitem>
    … …  
    113113<term><command>snice</command></term>
    114114<listitem>
    115 <para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para>
     115<para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria</para>
    116116<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm>
    117117</listitem>
    … …  
    121121<term><command>sysctl</command></term>
    122122<listitem>
    123 <para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para>
     123<para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
    124124<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm>
    125125</listitem>
    … …  
    129129<term><command>tload</command></term>
    130130<listitem>
    131 <para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para>
     131<para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
    132132<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm>
    133133</listitem>
    … …  
    137137<term><command>top</command></term>
    138138<listitem>
    139 <para>displays the top CPU processes. It provides an ongoing look at
    140 processor activity in real time.</para>
     139<para>Displays the top CPU processes; it provides an ongoing look at
     140processor activity in real time</para>
    141141<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
    142142</listitem>
    … …  
    146146<term><command>uptime</command></term>
    147147<listitem>
    148 <para>reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
    149 logged on, and the system load averages.</para>
     148<para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
     149logged on, and the system load averages</para>
    150150<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    151151</listitem>
    … …  
    155155<term><command>vmstat</command></term>
    156156<listitem>
    157 <para>reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
    158 processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU activity.</para>
     157<para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
     158processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU activity</para>
    159159<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
    160160</listitem>
    … …  
    164164<term><command>w</command></term>
    165165<listitem>
    166 <para>shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when.</para>
     166<para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when</para>
    167167<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm>
    168168</listitem>
    … …  
    172172<term><command>watch</command></term>
    173173<listitem>
    174 <para>runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its
    175 output. This allows a user to watch the output change over time.</para>
     174<para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its
     175output; this allows a user to watch the output change over time</para>
    176176<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
    177177</listitem>
    … …  
    181181<term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
    182182<listitem>
    183 <para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
     183<para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this package</para>
    184184<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm>
    185185</listitem>
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