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Everything about Ps (Unix)
Standard UNIX utility that displays the currently-running processes
In most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the ps program displays the currently-running processes. The related Unix utility top provides a real-time view of the running processes. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Ps (Unix)A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Rewriting the Unix Stream Editor in Rust [Adventures in Code]Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Unix System Administration HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipesCited 14,104 times
- Go sideways: Bash (Unix shell)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Kill (command)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes
obitools: a unix‐inspired software package for DNA metabarcoding
An empirical study of the reliability of UNIX utilities
The UNIX time-sharing system
A fast file system for UNIX
Phyx: phylogenetic tools for unix
🆕 Influential since 2022
Rewriting the Unix Stream Editor in Rust [Adventures in Code]
A systematic approach to understanding MACB timestamps on Unix-like systems
МЕТОД ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ UNIX-ПОДІБНИХ СИСТЕМ
DEVELOPMENT OF A TEXT EDITOR FOR UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM
Optimizing DevOps Workflows with Unix Shell Scripting Automation
📚 Books worth reading
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computationJohn E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman · 1979
Learning the bash ShellCameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt · 1995
The UNIX operating systemChristian, Kaare, Kaare Christian · 1983- 📕UNIX programmer's supplementary documents (PS1[2]) · 1986
- 📕The Macintosh, the IBM PS/2 and Unix workstationsBrice Carnahan · 1994
IBM PC and PS/2 graphics handbookEdward R. Teja · 1990
Red Hat Enterprise Linux troubleshooting guideBenjamin Cane · 2015
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