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You have several options for viewing processes with the Process Manager:
In the Process Manager, select All from the View menu. The default view shows all processes.
In the Process Manager, select By User, By Tty, or By Pid from the View menu.
To view processes by a set of extended attributes, select Attributes... from the View menu. The extended attributes are shown in ``Process attributes'' You also have the option of clicking on buttons that select a set of attributes (a Default is automatically selected), including Ownership...
Select an attribute in the ``Available'' column and click on the Add button. You can remove an attribute from your view by selecting it from the ``Selected'' column and clicking on the Remove button. You can search for a specific attribute by entering it in the ``Search for:'' field.
Process attributes
Attribute | Definition |
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Ruser | real user ID |
Tty | controlling port number |
Group | group name |
Pid | process ID number |
Ppid | parent process ID number |
Nice | nice(1) value |
Time | cumulative execution time for the process |
Pcpu | percentage of CPU time used |
Vsize | virtual memory size in kilobytes |
Pgid | parent group ID number |
Etime | time elapsed since the process started |
Args | command name with its arguments |
User | user name |
Command | command being run (no arguments) |
In the Process Manager, select Attribute_Filter, from the View menu, or, to find a specific process, select Find Attribute from the Process menu.
In the Process Manager, select Sort, from the View menu.
Select the desired sort attribute from the list, then click on a button to select Increasing or Decreasing order. The None button disables ordering.
You can easily customize the information displayed by the Process Manager. The default display includes the process ID, user name, tty, and command name. You can add or delete fields as desired.
Select Customize Attributes... from the Options menu.
You can change the following:
To change the set of available attributes, see ``Viewing processes by attributes''.
You can reset to the default field widths with the Default button.
Click on Apply to update the display.
The Process Manager display includes a status labels below the main list to indicate the selected view and sort criterion used. You can configure these labels to include or exclude the actual values for these attributes.
Select Short View/Sort/Filter Labels from the Options menu. For example, the ``long'' labels would appear as follows:
View by User (root) Sort(Pid)The ``short'' labels exclude the values in parentheses.