Saturday, 12 Jan, 2013 Some of my favourite ps options. ps fauxe Gives you a complete list of all your running processes, complete of path, PID & UID. You may wish to remove some options like u (u stands for user - just type "faxe" or "fax" (very easy to remember indeed!)). Useful in conjunction with the watch command (i.e.:when you want to ask a Linux System "how are you!"). Screenshot: ps aux|awk 'NR > 0 { s +=$3 }; END {print "cpu %",s}' Prints the Global CPU usage (in percent) by using ps. Useful with bash scripts. Who's sucking my CPU? ps fauxe | sort -r -k 3 | head -7 The previous ps command takes everything you'll need to know, its output then gets sorted by cpu consumption with the sort command and head filters the output by showing you the first 7 cpu hogs. Rate this post Andrea MatesiSenior Professional Network and Computer Systems Engineer during work hours and father when home. Andrea strives to deliver outstanding customer service and heaps of love towards his family. In this Ad-sponsored space, Andrea shares his quest for "ultimate" IT knowledge, meticulously brought to you in an easy to read format. Share this:LinkedIn Related