ps
For system.
View information about system processes.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> ps {flags}
Flags
--long, -l: List all available columns for each entry.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| nothing | table |
Examples
List the system processes
> ps
List the top 5 system processes with the highest memory usage
> ps | sort-by mem | last 5
List the top 3 system processes with the highest CPU usage
> ps | sort-by cpu | last 3
List the system processes with ‘nu’ in their names
> ps | where name =~ 'nu'
Get the parent process id of the current nu process
> ps | where pid == $nu.pid | get ppid
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