ps
- Application: It's a service. E.g., firefox, gimp
- Process: A small portion of the application. Application is composed of processes
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Threads: Instances of the process. Usually multiple
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Daemon: It's a process that continuously run in the background until it's stopped
- Job: It's a service or process that is scheduled (workorder)
- Script: List of instructions. pwd, useradd
# List processes running in the system
ps -ef
# List processes running in the current terminal!
ps
# List all processes along with additional info
ps aux
ps aux | grep "chrome"
ps
always show the ps command itself in the list. Because when the processes are listed ps is currently running