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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" role="wrap">
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| 9 |   <?dbhtml filename="procps.html"?>
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| 10 | 
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| 11 |   <title>Procps-&procps-version;</title>
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| 12 | 
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| 13 |   <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps">
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| 14 |     <primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</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 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</title>
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| 27 | 
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| 28 |     <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
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| 29 | 
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| 30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>make CPPFLAGS=</userinput></screen>
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| 31 | 
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| 32 |     <para os="c">Install the package:</para>
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| 33 | 
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| 34 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} lib64=lib ldconfig= \
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| 35 |     install="install -D" install</userinput></screen>
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| 36 | 
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| 37 |     <variablelist os="e">
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| 38 |       <title>The meaning of the make options:</title>
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| 39 |       <varlistentry>
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| 40 |         <term><parameter>CPPFLAGS=</parameter></term>
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| 41 |         <listitem>
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| 42 |         <para>By default, procps tries to include the host system
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| 43 |         ncurses headers, so we have to disable that.</para>
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| 44 |         </listitem>
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| 45 |       </varlistentry>
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| 46 | 
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| 47 |       <varlistentry>
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| 48 |         <term><parameter>lib64=lib</parameter></term>
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| 49 |         <listitem>
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| 50 |           <para>By default, procps will attempt to install into
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| 51 |           <filename class="directory">/lib64</filename> if it
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| 52 |           exists, even if the package is not built 64-bit. This option
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| 53 |           forces procps to install its libraries into
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| 54 |           <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> instead.</para>
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| 55 |         </listitem>
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| 56 |       </varlistentry>
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| 57 |     </variablelist>
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| 58 | 
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| 59 |   </sect2>
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| 60 | 
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| 61 |   <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content">
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| 62 |     <title>Contents of Procps</title>
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| 63 | 
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| 64 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 65 |       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 66 |       <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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| 67 | 
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| 68 |       <seglistitem>
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| 69 |         <seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop, snice, sysctl,
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| 70 |         tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
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| 71 |         <seg>libproc.so</seg>
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| 72 |       </seglistitem>
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| 73 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 74 | 
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| 75 |     <variablelist>
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| 76 |       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 77 |       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 78 |       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 79 | 
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| 80 |       <varlistentry id="free">
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| 81 |         <term><command>free</command></term>
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| 82 |         <listitem>
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| 83 |           <para>Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and
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| 84 |           swap memory) in the system</para>
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| 85 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free">
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| 86 |             <primary sortas="b-free">free</primary>
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| 87 |           </indexterm>
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| 88 |         </listitem>
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| 89 |       </varlistentry>
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| 90 | 
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| 91 |       <varlistentry id="kill">
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| 92 |         <term><command>kill</command></term>
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| 93 |         <listitem>
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| 94 |           <para>Sends signals to processes</para>
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| 95 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill">
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| 96 |             <primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary>
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| 97 |           </indexterm>
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| 98 |         </listitem>
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| 99 |       </varlistentry>
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| 100 | 
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| 101 |       <varlistentry id="pgrep">
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| 102 |         <term><command>pgrep</command></term>
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| 103 |         <listitem>
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| 104 |           <para>Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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| 105 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep">
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| 106 |             <primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary>
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| 107 |           </indexterm>
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| 108 |         </listitem>
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| 109 |       </varlistentry>
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| 110 | 
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| 111 |       <varlistentry id="pkill">
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| 112 |         <term><command>pkill</command></term>
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| 113 |         <listitem>
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| 114 |           <para>Signals processes based on their name and other attributes</para>
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| 115 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill">
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| 116 |             <primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary>
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| 117 |           </indexterm>
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| 118 |         </listitem>
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| 119 |       </varlistentry>
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| 120 | 
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| 121 |       <varlistentry id="pmap">
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| 122 |         <term><command>pmap</command></term>
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| 123 |         <listitem>
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| 124 |           <para>Reports the memory map of the given process</para>
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| 125 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap">
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| 126 |             <primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary>
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| 127 |           </indexterm>
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| 128 |         </listitem>
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| 129 |       </varlistentry>
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| 130 | 
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| 131 |       <varlistentry id="ps">
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| 132 |         <term><command>ps</command></term>
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| 133 |         <listitem>
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| 134 |           <para>Lists the current running processes</para>
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| 135 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps">
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| 136 |             <primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary>
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| 137 |           </indexterm>
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| 138 |         </listitem>
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| 139 |       </varlistentry>
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| 140 | 
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| 141 |       <varlistentry id="pwdx">
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| 142 |         <term><command>pwdx</command></term>
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| 143 |         <listitem>
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| 144 |           <para>Reports the current working directory of a process</para>
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| 145 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pwdx">
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| 146 |             <primary sortas="b-pwdx">pwdx</primary>
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| 147 |           </indexterm>
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| 148 |         </listitem>
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| 149 |       </varlistentry>
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| 150 | 
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| 151 |       <varlistentry id="skill">
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| 152 |         <term><command>skill</command></term>
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| 153 |         <listitem>
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| 154 |           <para>Sends signals to processes matching the given criteria</para>
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| 155 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill">
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| 156 |             <primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary>
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| 157 |           </indexterm>
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| 158 |         </listitem>
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| 159 |       </varlistentry>
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| 160 | 
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| 161 |       <varlistentry id="slabtop">
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| 162 |         <term><command>slabtop</command></term>
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| 163 |         <listitem>
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| 164 |           <para>Displays detailed kernel slab cache information in real time</para>
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| 165 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps slabtop">
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| 166 |             <primary sortas="b-slabtop">slabtop</primary>
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| 167 |           </indexterm>
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| 168 |         </listitem>
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| 169 |       </varlistentry>
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| 170 | 
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| 171 |       <varlistentry id="snice">
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| 172 |         <term><command>snice</command></term>
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| 173 |         <listitem>
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| 174 |           <para>Changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given
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| 175 |           criteria</para>
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| 176 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice">
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| 177 |             <primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary>
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| 178 |           </indexterm>
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| 179 |         </listitem>
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| 180 |       </varlistentry>
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| 181 | 
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| 182 |       <varlistentry id="sysctl">
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| 183 |         <term><command>sysctl</command></term>
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| 184 |         <listitem>
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| 185 |           <para>Modifies kernel parameters at run time</para>
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| 186 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl">
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| 187 |             <primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary>
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| 188 |           </indexterm>
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| 189 |         </listitem>
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| 190 |       </varlistentry>
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| 191 | 
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| 192 |       <varlistentry id="tload">
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| 193 |         <term><command>tload</command></term>
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| 194 |         <listitem>
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| 195 |           <para>Prints a graph of the current system load average</para>
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| 196 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload">
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| 197 |             <primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary>
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| 198 |           </indexterm>
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| 199 |         </listitem>
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| 200 |       </varlistentry>
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| 201 | 
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| 202 |       <varlistentry id="top">
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| 203 |         <term><command>top</command></term>
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| 204 |         <listitem>
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| 205 |           <para>Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it
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| 206 |           provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time</para>
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| 207 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top">
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| 208 |             <primary sortas="b-top">top</primary>
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| 209 |           </indexterm>
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| 210 |         </listitem>
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| 211 |       </varlistentry>
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| 212 | 
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| 213 |       <varlistentry id="uptime">
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| 214 |         <term><command>uptime</command></term>
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| 215 |         <listitem>
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| 216 |           <para>Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are
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| 217 |           logged on, and the system load averages</para>
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| 218 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime">
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| 219 |             <primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary>
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| 220 |           </indexterm>
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| 221 |         </listitem>
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| 222 |       </varlistentry>
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| 223 | 
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| 224 |       <varlistentry id="vmstat">
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| 225 |         <term><command>vmstat</command></term>
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| 226 |         <listitem>
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| 227 |           <para>Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about
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| 228 |           processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU
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| 229 |           activity</para>
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| 230 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat">
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| 231 |             <primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary>
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| 232 |           </indexterm>
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| 233 |         </listitem>
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| 234 |       </varlistentry>
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| 235 | 
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| 236 |       <varlistentry id="w">
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| 237 |         <term><command>w</command></term>
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| 238 |         <listitem>
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| 239 |           <para>Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since
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| 240 |           when</para>
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| 241 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w">
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| 242 |             <primary sortas="b-w">w</primary>
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| 243 |           </indexterm>
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| 244 |         </listitem>
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| 245 |       </varlistentry>
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| 246 | 
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| 247 |       <varlistentry id="watch">
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| 248 |         <term><command>watch</command></term>
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| 249 |         <listitem>
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| 250 |           <para>Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first
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| 251 |           screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output
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| 252 |           change over time</para>
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| 253 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch">
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| 254 |             <primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary>
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| 255 |           </indexterm>
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| 256 |         </listitem>
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| 257 |       </varlistentry>
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| 258 | 
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| 259 |       <varlistentry id="libproc">
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| 260 |         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term>
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| 261 |         <listitem>
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| 262 |           <para>Contains the functions used by most programs in this
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| 263 |           package</para>
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| 264 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc">
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| 265 |             <primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary>
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| 266 |           </indexterm>
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| 267 |         </listitem>
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| 268 |       </varlistentry>
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| 269 | 
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| 270 |     </variablelist>
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| 271 | 
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| 272 |   </sect2>
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| 273 | 
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| 274 | </sect1>
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