Linux & the Command Line / Power tools
Lesson 20 of 30
Processes
Every running program is a process with an ID (PID). ps lists them, top and htop show them live, and kill stops one.
Key points
- ps aux lists everything
- htop is friendlier than top
- kill PID stops a process
ps aux | grep python
kill 1234Quiz · +10 XP
What does PID stand for?
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