Background and foreground processes
May 28,93You might have noticed that, when you launch a program, it takes over your terminal, preventing you from doing other work …
Read MoreChange process priority
May 28,93nice command Sometimes you might want to change the priority of a process in Linux. For example, you might run a …
Read MoreKill a process by name
May 27,93The killall command kills a process based on its name rather than its PID number. For instance, in our previos …
Read MoreKill a process in Linux
May 27,93The kill command is used to terminate (kill) a process in Linux. If a program becomes totally unresponsive, you might …
Read Moretop command
May 27,93The top command is, just like ps, used to display running processes, but with one very useful feature: it updates its …
Read MoreList all running processes
May 27,93The most common way to list processes currently running on your system is to use the command ps (short for process status). This command …
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