List running processes in better way!

[Humble]

Yep, “ps” is one of the command which everyone use and cant forget when operating on linux system. “ps” command has lots of switches which is very helpful depending on the situation. There are many, but I am starting with one of the them which is nothing but “axf” , to know more about these switches please refer “man ps” .

Here is how beautilful print it has!

[hchiramm@humbles-lap ]$ ps axf
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S 0:11 \_ [ksoftirqd/0]
5 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:0H]
7 ? S 1:42 \_ [rcu_sched]
8 ? S 0:00 \_ [rcu_bh]
9 ? S 0:00 \_ [migration/0]
10 ? S 0:02 \_ [watchdog/0]
11 ? S 0:02 \_ [watchdog/1]
12 ? S 0:00 \_ [migration/1]
13 ? S 0:07 \_ [ksoftirqd/1]
15 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:0H]
16 ? S 0:02 \_ [watchdog/2]
17 ? S 0:00 \_ [migration/2]
18 ? S 0:08 \_ [ksoftirqd/2]
20 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/2:0H]
21 ? S 0:02 \_ [watchdog/3]
22 ? S 0:00 \_ [migration/3]
23 ? S 0:07 \_ [ksoftirqd/3]
25 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/3:0H]
26 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khelper]
27 ? S 0:00 \_ [kdevtmpfs]
28 ? S< 0:00 \_ [netns]
29 ? S< 0:00 \_ [writeback]
30 ? SN 0:00 \_ [ksmd]
31 ? SN 0:00 \_ [khugepaged]
32 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kintegrityd]
33 ? S< 0:00 \_ [bioset]
34 ? S< 0:00 \_ [crypto]
35 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd]
36 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata_sff]
37 ? S 0:00 \_ [khubd]
38 ? S< 0:00 \_ [md]
68 ? S 0:25 \_ [kswapd0]
69 ? S 0:03 \_ [fsnotify_mark]
79 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kthrotld]
80 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0]
81 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_tmf_0]
82 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1]
83 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_tmf_1]
84 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2]
85 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_tmf_2]
86 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_3]
87 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_tmf_3]
88 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_4]
89 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_tmf_4]
90 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_5]
91 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_tmf_5]
96 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kpsmoused]
97 ? S< 0:00 \_ [dm_bufio_cache]
98 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ipv6_addrconf]
100 ? S< 0:00 \_ [deferwq]
110 ? S 0:00 \_ [kauditd]
112 ? S< 0:00 \_ [iprt]
174 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:1H]
175 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:1H]
176 ? S 0:08 \_ [jbd2/sda10-8]
177 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ext4-rsv-conver]
178 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/2:1H]
251 ? S< 0:00 \_ [rpciod]
361 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cfg80211]
367 ? S 32:00 \_ [irq/45-iwlwifi]
374 ? S< 0:00 \_ [hd-audio0]
394 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kvm-irqfd-clean]
398 ? S< 0:00 \_ [iwlwifi]
452 ? S 0:34 \_ [jbd2/sda9-8]
453 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ext4-rsv-conver]
458 ? S 0:00 \_ [jbd2/sda8-8]
459 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ext4-rsv-conver]
484 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/3:1H]
653 ? S< 0:00 \_ [krfcommd]
1304 ? S< 0:00 \_ [loop0]
1306 ? S< 0:00 \_ [nfsd4]
1307 ? S< 0:00 \_ [nfsd4_callbacks]
1308 ? S 0:00 \_ [lockd]
1311 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1312 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1313 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1314 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1315 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1316 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1317 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
1318 ? S 0:00 \_ [nfsd]
32420 ? S 0:00 \_ [irq/43-mei_me]
32505 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/u17:0]
32507 ? S< 0:00 \_ [hci0]
32508 ? S< 0:00 \_ [hci0]
32509 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/u17:1]
20218 ? S 0:01 \_ [kworker/u16:1]
20537 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:0]
20716 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/2:0]
20972 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/2:2]
20993 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/u16:2]
21221 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:2]
21287 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/3:0]
21316 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:0]
21365 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/u16:0]
21464 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:2]
21468 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/3:1]
21478 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:1]
21479 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/2:1]
1 ? Ss 0:19 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd –switched-root –system –deserialize 20
219 ? Ss 4:39 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
260 ? Ss 0:01 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
471 ? S<sl 0:01 /sbin/auditd -n
482 ? S<sl 0:02 \_ /sbin/audispd
485 ? S< 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/sedispatch
490 ? SNs 0:00 /usr/sbin/alsactl -s -n 19 -c -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf –initfile=/lib/alsa/init/00main rdaemon
………..
564 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm
632 ? Sl 0:00 \_ /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave –display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
668 tty1 Ss+ 684:57 \_ /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-OLdRzv/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt
1867 ? Dl 0:02 \_ gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-password]
1928 ? Ssl 0:06 \_ gnome-session
2133 ? Sl 0:56 \_ /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
2189 ? SLl 207:59 \_ /usr/bin/gnome-shell
5164 ? Sl 17:09 | \_ xchat
23010 ? Rl 1121:08 | \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
28721 ? Sl 123:22 | \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/plugin-container /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so -greomni /usr/lib64/f
2238 ? Sl 0:44 \_ /usr/libexec/tracker-store
2240 ? Sl 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/seapplet
2243 ? Sl 0:00 \_ abrt-applet
2276 ? Sl 123:12 \_ nm-applet
2277 ? Sl 0:19 \_ /usr/libexec/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor
2280 ? Sl 0:02 \_ /usr/libexec/evolution/3.8/evolution-alarm-notify

Isnt it really useful ?

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