Viewing and Terminating System Processes Flashcards

1
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Reports a snapshot of current processes. By default it selects all processess with the same effective user ID as the current user in the terminal

A

PS

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2
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What ps option may be grouped and must be preceded by a dash?

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unix:

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3
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What ps option may be grouped but must not use a dash

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BSD:

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4
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What ps option must be preceded by two dashes?

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GNU long

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5
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What command terminates a system process?

A

kill

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6
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What option can be used with kill to terminate a process without allowing for cleanup?

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-n(n) stands for the signal number
-9 is sigkill

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7
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What command displays a dynamic real time view of processes running on the system? It provides a limited interactive interface for process manipulation, as well as a much more extensive interface for personal configuration

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top

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