A process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed.
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How to monitor CPU/memory usage of a single process?
I would like to monitor one process's memory / cpu usage in real time. Similar to top but targeted at only one process, preferably with a history graph of some sort.
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Keep SSH Sessions running after disconnection
I sometimes have long running processes that I want to kick off before going home, so I create a SSH session to the server to start the process, but then I want to close my laptop and go home and ...
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How can I set the processor affinity of a process on Linux?
The question is all in the title: How can I set the processor affinity of a process on Linux?
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What is using this network socket?
I'm trying to use NTP to update the time on my machine. However, it gives me an error:
host # ntpdate ntp1.example.org
10 Aug 12:38:50 ntpdate[7696]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
What does the ...
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Viewing foreground process using ps
I can see the background process using ps. But Is there a way to view the foreground process? For example,
$nohup process1 &
then
ps -ef | grep "process1"
would display the process ...
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How to find tty from which a particular cmd “scp” is executed
How can I find out who executed a particular command and which terminal was used to run it?
Original:
how can i know particular cmd is executed by whom and to know about my terminal
