show process

To display information about active processes, use the show process command in the EXEC mode.

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Syntax Description

show process

The command to display system processes.

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(Optional) Output modifier variables:

 • begin—Matched pattern. Supports up to 80 alphanumeric characters.

 • count—Count the number of lines in the output. Add number after the word count.

 • end—End with line that matches. Supports up to 80 alphanumeric characters.

 • exclude—Exclude lines that match. Supports up to 80 alphanumeric characters.

 • include—Include lines that match. Supports up to 80 alphanumeric characters.

 • last—Display last few lines of output. Add number after the word last. Supports up to 80 lines to display. Default 10.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

See Table 4-10 for process field descriptions.

/admin# show process

USER PID TIME TT COMMAND

root 1 00:00:00 ? init

root 2 00:00:00 ? migration/0

root 3 00:00:00 ? ksoftirqd/0

root 4 00:00:00 ? watchdog/0

root 5 00:00:00 ? migration/1

root 6 00:00:01 ? ksoftirqd/1

root 7 00:00:00 ? watchdog/1

root 8 00:00:00 ? events/0

root 9 00:00:00 ? events/1

root 10 00:00:00 ? khelper

root 11 00:00:00 ? kthread

root 15 00:00:00 ? kblockd/0

root 16 00:00:01 ? kblockd/1

root 17 00:00:00 ? kacpid

root 113 00:00:00 ? cqueue/0

root 114 00:00:00 ? cqueue/1

root 117 00:00:00 ? khubd

root 119 00:00:00 ? kseriod

root 186 00:00:00 ? pdflush

root 187 00:00:02 ? pdflush

root 188 00:00:02 ? kswapd0

root 189 00:00:00 ? aio/0

root 190 00:00:00 ? aio/1

root 351 00:00:00 ? kpsmoused

root 382 00:00:00 ? ata/0

root 383 00:00:00 ? ata/1

root 384 00:00:00 ? ata_aux

root 388 00:00:00 ? scsi_eh_0

root 389 00:00:00 ? scsi_eh_1

root 396 00:00:00 ? kstriped

root 409 00:00:36 ? kjournald

root 436 00:00:00 ? kauditd

root 469 00:00:00 ? udevd

root 1011 00:00:00 ? kedac

--More--

/admin#

Table 4-10 Show Process Field Descriptions

Field

Description

USER

Logged-in user

PID

Process ID

TIME

The time the command was last used

TT

Terminal that controls the process

COMMAND

Type of process or command used