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| 4 |   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 |   %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 | 
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-procps-ng" role="wrap">
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| 9 |   <?dbhtml filename="procps-ng.html"?>
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| 10 | 
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| 11 |   <title>Procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</title>
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| 12 | 
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| 13 |   <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng">
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| 14 |     <primary sortas="a-Procps-ng">Procps-ng</primary>
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| 15 |   </indexterm>
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| 16 | 
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| 17 |   <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 |     <title/>
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| 19 | 
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| 20 |     <para>The Procps-ng package contains programs for monitoring
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| 21 |     processes.</para>
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| 22 | 
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| 23 |   </sect2>
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| 24 | 
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| 25 |   <sect2 role="installation">
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| 26 |     <title>Installation of Procps-ng</title>
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| 27 | 
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| 28 |     <para os="a">Prepare procps-ng for compilation:</para>
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| 29 | 
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| 30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix= \
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| 31 |     --libdir=/usr/lib --docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version; \
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| 32 |     --disable-kill</userinput></screen>
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| 33 | 
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| 34 |     <variablelist os="c">
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| 35 |       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 36 |       <varlistentry>
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| 37 |         <term><parameter>--disable-kill</parameter></term>
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| 38 |         <listitem>
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| 39 |           <para>This switch disables building the <command>kill</command>
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| 40 |           program - a better version was installed by the Util-linux package.</para>
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| 41 |         </listitem>
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| 42 |       </varlistentry>
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| 43 |     </variablelist>
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| 44 | 
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| 45 |     <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
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| 46 | 
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| 47 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 48 | 
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| 49 |     <note os="note1">
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| 50 |       <para>When using the boot method, two tests will fail if the hostname is
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| 51 |       not set. If you have booted the temporary system, and want to run the
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| 52 |       test suite, run the following command:</para>
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| 53 | 
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| 54 | <screen><userinput remap="test">hostname clfs</userinput></screen>
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| 55 |     </note>
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| 56 | 
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| 57 |     <para os="f">If running the testsuite, first disable a test which fails
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| 58 |     when scripting does not use a tty device:</para>
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| 59 | 
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| 60 | <screen os="g"><userinput remap="test">sed -i -r 's|(pmap_initname)\\\$|\1|' testsuite/pmap.test/pmap.exp
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| 61 | make check</userinput></screen>
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| 62 | 
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| 63 |     <para os="h">Install the package:</para>
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| 64 | 
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| 65 | <screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 66 | 
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| 67 |     <para os="j">Move essential files to a location that can be found if
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| 68 |     <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted:</para>
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| 69 | 
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| 70 | <screen os="k"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/pidof /bin
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| 71 | mv -v /usr/lib/libprocps.so.* /lib
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| 72 | ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libprocps.so) /usr/lib/libprocps.so</userinput></screen>
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| 73 | 
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| 74 |   </sect2>
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| 75 | 
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| 76 |   <sect2 id="contents-procps-ng" role="content">
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| 77 |     <title>Contents of Procps-ng</title>
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| 78 | 
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| 79 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 80 |       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 81 |       <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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| 82 |       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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| 83 | 
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| 84 |       <seglistitem>
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| 85 |         <seg>free, pgrep, pidof, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, slabtop, sysctl, tload,
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| 86 |         top, uptime, vmstat, w, watch</seg>
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| 87 |         <seg>libprocps.{a,so}</seg>
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| 88 |         <seg>/usr/include/proc, /usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</seg>
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| 89 |       </seglistitem>
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| 90 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 91 | 
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| 92 |     <variablelist>
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| 93 |       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 94 |       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 95 |       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 96 | 
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| 97 |       <varlistentry id="free">
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| 98 |         <term><command>free</command></term>
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| 99 |         <listitem>
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| 100 |           <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
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| 101 |           swap memory) in the system</para>
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| 102 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng free">
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| 103 |             <primary sortas="b-free">free</primary>
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| 104 |           </indexterm>
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| 105 |         </listitem>
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| 106 |       </varlistentry>
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| 107 | 
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| 108 |       <varlistentry id="pgrep">
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| 109 |         <term><command>pgrep</command></term>
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| 110 |         <listitem>
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| 111 |           <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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| 112 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng pgrep">
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| 113 |             <primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary>
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| 114 |           </indexterm>
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| 115 |         </listitem>
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| 116 |       </varlistentry>
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| 117 | 
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| 118 |       <varlistentry id="pidof">
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| 119 |         <term><command>pidof</command></term>
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| 120 |         <listitem>
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| 121 |           <para>Reports the PIDs of the given programs</para>
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| 122 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng pidof">
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| 123 |             <primary sortas="b-pidof">pidof</primary>
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| 124 |           </indexterm>
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| 125 |         </listitem>
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| 126 |       </varlistentry>
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| 127 | 
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| 128 |       <varlistentry id="pkill">
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| 129 |         <term><command>pkill</command></term>
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| 130 |         <listitem>
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| 131 |           <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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| 132 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng pkill">
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| 133 |             <primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary>
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| 134 |           </indexterm>
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| 135 |         </listitem>
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| 136 |       </varlistentry>
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| 137 | 
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| 138 |       <varlistentry id="pmap">
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| 139 |         <term><command>pmap</command></term>
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| 140 |         <listitem>
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| 141 |           <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
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| 142 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng pmap">
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| 143 |             <primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary>
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| 144 |           </indexterm>
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| 145 |         </listitem>
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| 146 |       </varlistentry>
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| 147 | 
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| 148 |       <varlistentry id="ps">
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| 149 |         <term><command>ps</command></term>
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| 150 |         <listitem>
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| 151 |           <para>Lists the current running processes</para>
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| 152 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng ps">
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| 153 |             <primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary>
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| 154 |           </indexterm>
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| 155 |         </listitem>
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| 156 |       </varlistentry>
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| 157 | 
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| 158 |       <varlistentry id="pwdx">
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| 159 |         <term><command>pwdx</command></term>
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| 160 |         <listitem>
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| 161 |           <para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para>
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| 162 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng pwdx">
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| 163 |             <primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary>
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| 164 |           </indexterm>
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| 165 |         </listitem>
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| 166 |       </varlistentry>
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| 167 | 
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| 168 |       <varlistentry id="slabtop">
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| 169 |         <term><command>slabtop</command></term>
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| 170 |         <listitem>
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| 171 |           <para>Displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time</para>
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| 172 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng slabtop">
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| 173 |             <primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary>
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| 174 |           </indexterm>
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| 175 |         </listitem>
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| 176 |       </varlistentry>
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| 177 | 
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| 178 | 
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| 179 |       <varlistentry id="sysctl">
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| 180 |         <term><command>sysctl</command></term>
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| 181 |         <listitem>
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| 182 |           <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
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| 183 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng sysctl">
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| 184 |             <primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary>
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| 185 |           </indexterm>
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| 186 |         </listitem>
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| 187 |       </varlistentry>
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| 188 | 
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| 189 |       <varlistentry id="tload">
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| 190 |         <term><command>tload</command></term>
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| 191 |         <listitem>
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| 192 |           <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
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| 193 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng tload">
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| 194 |             <primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary>
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| 195 |           </indexterm>
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| 196 |         </listitem>
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| 197 |       </varlistentry>
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| 198 | 
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| 199 |       <varlistentry id="top">
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| 200 |         <term><command>top</command></term>
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| 201 |         <listitem>
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| 202 |           <para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
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| 203 |           provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para>
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| 204 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng top">
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| 205 |             <primary sortas="b-top">top</primary>
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| 206 |           </indexterm>
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| 207 |         </listitem>
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| 208 |       </varlistentry>
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| 209 | 
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| 210 |       <varlistentry id="uptime">
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| 211 |         <term><command>uptime</command></term>
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| 212 |         <listitem>
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| 213 |           <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
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| 214 |           logged on, and the system load averages</para>
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| 215 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng uptime">
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| 216 |             <primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary>
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| 217 |           </indexterm>
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| 218 |         </listitem>
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| 219 |       </varlistentry>
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| 220 | 
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| 221 |       <varlistentry id="vmstat">
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| 222 |         <term><command>vmstat</command></term>
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| 223 |         <listitem>
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| 224 |           <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
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| 225 |           processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU
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| 226 |           activity</para>
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| 227 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng vmstat">
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| 228 |             <primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary>
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| 229 |           </indexterm>
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| 230 |         </listitem>
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| 231 |       </varlistentry>
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| 232 | 
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| 233 |       <varlistentry id="w">
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| 234 |         <term><command>w</command></term>
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| 235 |         <listitem>
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| 236 |           <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since
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| 237 |           when</para>
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| 238 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng w">
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| 239 |             <primary sortas="b-w">w</primary>
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| 240 |           </indexterm>
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| 241 |         </listitem>
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| 242 |       </varlistentry>
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| 243 | 
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| 244 |       <varlistentry id="watch">
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| 245 |         <term><command>watch</command></term>
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| 246 |         <listitem>
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| 247 |           <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
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| 248 |           screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output
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| 249 |           change over time</para>
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| 250 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng watch">
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| 251 |             <primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary>
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| 252 |           </indexterm>
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| 253 |         </listitem>
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| 254 |       </varlistentry>
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| 255 | 
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| 256 |       <varlistentry id="libprocps">
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| 257 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libprocps</filename></term>
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| 258 |         <listitem>
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| 259 |           <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this
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| 260 |           package</para>
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| 261 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps-ng libprocps">
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| 262 |             <primary sortas="c-libprocps">libprocps</primary>
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| 263 |           </indexterm>
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| 264 |         </listitem>
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| 265 |       </varlistentry>
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| 266 | 
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| 267 |     </variablelist>
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| 268 | 
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| 269 |   </sect2>
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| 270 | 
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| 271 | </sect1>
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