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#1 2007-12-31 15:44:40
- peets
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A fun way to learn about your computer
I just read about the 'forest' view of the 'ps' command.
[peets@boltzmann ~]$ ps -eH
PID TTY TIME CMD
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
4 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
6 ? 00:00:00 migration/1
7 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
8 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/1
9 ? 00:00:00 events/0
10 ? 00:00:00 events/1
11 ? 00:00:00 khelper
47 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
48 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/1
51 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
52 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
192 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
230 ? 00:00:03 pdflush
231 ? 00:00:04 pdflush
232 ? 00:00:03 kswapd0
285 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
286 ? 00:00:00 aio/1
376 ? 00:00:00 khvcd
438 ? 00:00:00 rpciod/0
439 ? 00:00:00 rpciod/1
450 ? 00:00:14 ata/0
451 ? 00:00:02 ata/1
452 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
457 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
459 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
474 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
476 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
483 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
485 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
493 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_6
495 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_7
959 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
1002 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1818 ? 00:00:01 kjournald
1900 ? 00:00:02 kondemand/0
1901 ? 00:00:01 kondemand/1
5021 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
5650 ? 00:00:00 khpsbpkt
6531 ? 00:00:06 kjournald
1 ? 00:00:01 init
1865 ? 00:00:00 udevd
6830 ? 00:00:05 syslog-ng
6854 ? 00:00:15 dhcpcd
6870 ? 00:00:00 crond
6894 ? 00:00:01 mpd
6897 ? 00:00:36 mpd
6898 ? 00:04:35 mpd
6899 tty1 00:00:00 login
6915 tty1 00:00:00 bash
2377 tty1 00:00:00 startx
2393 tty1 00:00:00 xinit
2394 tty7 00:00:08 X
2399 tty1 00:00:00 pekwm
6901 tty3 00:00:00 agetty
6902 tty4 00:00:00 agetty
6903 tty5 00:00:00 agetty
6904 tty6 00:00:00 agetty
17816 tty2 00:00:00 login
4965 tty2 00:00:00 bash
10522 tty2 00:00:00 startx
10539 tty2 00:00:00 xinit
10540 tty8 00:02:36 X
10545 tty2 00:00:00 pekwm
10556 ? 00:09:40 deluge
10553 ? 00:00:06 urxvt
10555 pts/5 00:00:00 bash
10563 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
10564 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
2337 ? 00:00:00 urxvt
2338 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
2402 ? 00:00:00 xbindkeys
2409 ? 00:00:00 urxvt
2410 pts/1 00:00:00 bash
2463 pts/1 00:00:00 gv
2465 pts/1 00:00:03 gs
2414 ? 00:00:00 firefox
2418 ? 00:00:00 run-mozilla.sh
2423 ? 00:00:55 firefox-bin
2483 ? 00:00:00 urxvt
2484 pts/2 00:00:00 bash
2489 pts/2 00:00:00 screen
2490 ? 00:00:00 screen
2491 pts/3 00:00:00 bash
2492 pts/3 00:00:00 top
2493 pts/4 00:00:00 bash
2494 pts/4 00:00:00 vi
2496 ? 00:00:00 urxvt
2497 pts/6 00:00:00 bash
2519 pts/6 00:00:00 psSomehow 'ps' now makes more sense. And, using the power of the internet (and man), I can find out about all those kernel threads (or not) and those other programs running that I never knew about.
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#2 2007-12-31 16:04:44
- dhave
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Re: A fun way to learn about your computer
Hmmm .... Are you sure there's no credit card information listed in there somewhere? 
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#3 2007-12-31 16:41:54
- Mikko777
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Re: A fun way to learn about your computer
looks alot like what you get from htop, and I "vehemently" disagree on the "fun" part 
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#4 2008-01-01 11:04:03
- schivmeister
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Re: A fun way to learn about your computer
exactly what ksysguard uses..useful indeed.
Last edited by schivmeister (2008-01-01 11:04:32)
I need real, proper pen and paper for this.
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#5 2008-01-03 02:56:18
- peets
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Re: A fun way to learn about your computer
looks alot like what you get from htop, and I "vehemently" disagree on the "fun" part
Yeah, it was just a trick. Edutainment is a mistake.
But you should also take into consideration that I am a nerd, and for a moment there, it seemed fun. I look back with a hint of shame now.
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