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Linux processes: top, ps, htop & killLearn to watch and manage Ubuntu processes with ps, top, htop and kill. System monitoring, performance diagnosis and resource management, explained simply. A complete Ubuntu tutorial for beginners and experienced users.
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0:00 Introduction to Linux processes 0:29 The ps command: listing processes 1:42 Process states and what they mean 2:36 Monitoring with systemctl status apache 3:30 The top command: watching in real time 5:00 Reading the CPU and the performance figures 6:00 Sorting by CPU and memory in top 7:02 Changing the refresh rate 7:28 Killing a process from top 8:08 Installing and getting to know htop 9:00 Searching and filtering in htop 9:50 The uptime command and load average 10:40 Understanding CPU load 11:00 kill vs kill -9 11:34 killall: killing every matching process 12:00 pkill: killing by process name 13:11 Setting priorities with nice 14:10 Conclusion, and a like for innovLia
