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    5454</segmentedlist>
    5555
    56 <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
     56<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
     57<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
    5758
    5859<varlistentry id="free">
    5960<term><command>free</command></term>
    6061<listitem>
    61 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
    6262<para>reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
    6363swap memory) in the system.</para>
     64<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm>
    6465</listitem>
    6566</varlistentry>
     
    6869<term><command>kill</command></term>
    6970<listitem>
     71<para>sends signals to processes.</para>
    7072<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm>
    71 <para>sends signals to processes.</para>
    7273</listitem>
    7374</varlistentry>
     
    7677<term><command>pgrep</command></term>
    7778<listitem>
     79<para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    7880<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm>
    79 <para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    8081</listitem>
    8182</varlistentry>
     
    8485<term><command>pkill</command></term>
    8586<listitem>
     87<para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    8688<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm>
    87 <para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para>
    8889</listitem>
    8990</varlistentry>
     
    9293<term><command>pmap</command></term>
    9394<listitem>
     95<para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para>
    9496<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm>
    95 <para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para>
    9697</listitem>
    9798</varlistentry>
     
    100101<term><command>ps</command></term>
    101102<listitem>
     103<para>lists the current running processes.</para>
    102104<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm>
    103 <para>lists the current running processes.</para>
    104105</listitem>
    105106</varlistentry>
     
    108109<term><command>skill</command></term>
    109110<listitem>
     111<para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    110112<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm>
    111 <para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    112113</listitem>
    113114</varlistentry>
     
    116117<term><command>snice</command></term>
    117118<listitem>
     119<para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    118120<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm>
    119 <para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para>
    120121</listitem>
    121122</varlistentry>
     
    124125<term><command>sysctl</command></term>
    125126<listitem>
     127<para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para>
    126128<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm>
    127 <para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para>
    128129</listitem>
    129130</varlistentry>
     
    132133<term><command>tload</command></term>
    133134<listitem>
     135<para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para>
    134136<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm>
    135 <para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para>
    136137</listitem>
    137138</varlistentry>
     
    140141<term><command>top</command></term>
    141142<listitem>
    142 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
    143143<para>displays the top CPU processes. It provides an ongoing look at
    144144processor activity in real time.</para>
     145<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm>
    145146</listitem>
    146147</varlistentry>
     
    149150<term><command>uptime</command></term>
    150151<listitem>
    151 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    152152<para>reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
    153153logged on, and the system load averages.</para>
     154<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm>
    154155</listitem>
    155156</varlistentry>
     
    158159<term><command>vmstat</command></term>
    159160<listitem>
    160 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
    161161<para>reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
    162162processes, memory, paging, block IO, traps, and CPU activity.</para>
     163<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm>
    163164</listitem>
    164165</varlistentry>
     
    167168<term><command>w</command></term>
    168169<listitem>
     170<para>shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when.</para>
    169171<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm>
    170 <para>shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when.</para>
    171172</listitem>
    172173</varlistentry>
     
    175176<term><command>watch</command></term>
    176177<listitem>
    177 <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
    178178<para>runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its
    179179output. This allows a user to watch the output change over time.</para>
     180<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm>
    180181</listitem>
    181182</varlistentry>
     
    184185<term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
    185186<listitem>
     187<para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
    186188<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm>
    187 <para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para>
    188189</listitem>
    189190</varlistentry>
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