PSTREE(1) PSTREE(1)
NAME
pstree - produce output tree of processes.
SYNOPSIS
pstree [ --g ] [ --u user ] [ -U ] [ -s string ] [ -p pid ] [ -w ] [
pid ...]
DESCRIPTION
This is pstree V 2.11. It is a small program that shows the ps
listing as a tree (as the name implies...). It has several options
to make selection criteria and to change the output style.
OPTIONS
-g n use graphics chars for tree. n=1: IBM-850, n=2: VT100
-u user show only parts containing processes of <user>
-U don't show parts containing only root processes
-s string show only parts containing process with <string> in
commandline
-p pid show only parts containing process <pid>
-w wide output, not truncated to window width
pid ... process ids to start from, default is 1 (init) use 0
to show up kernel processes
AUTHOR
Fred Hucht (c) 1993-1997
Email
fred@thp.Uni-Duisburg.DE
Man Page
steff@csc.liv.ac.uk
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