


PSTREE(1)		 USER COMMANDS			PSTREE(1)


NNAAMMEE
       pstree - display a tree of processes

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ppssttrreeee [--cc] [--hh] [--ll] [--pp] [--uu] [_p_i_d|_u_s_e_r]]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       ppssttrreeee  shows  running  processes  as  a tree. The tree is
       rooted at either _p_i_d or iinniitt if _p_i_d is omitted. If a  user
       name  is	specified, all process trees rooted at processes
       owned by that user are shown.

       ppssttrreeee visually merges identical branches by putting  them
       in  square brackets and prefixing them with the repetition
       count, e.g.

	   init---getty
		|-getty
		|-getty
		\-getty

       becomes

	   init---4*[getty]


OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --cc     Disable  compaction  of  identical   subtrees.   By
	      default,	subtrees are compacted whenever possible.

       --hh     Highlight the current process  and  its  ancestors.
	      This  is	a  no-op  if the terminal doesn't support
	      highlighting or if neither the current process  nor
	      any  of  its  ancestors  are  in	the subtree being
	      shown.

       --ll     Display long lines. By default, lines are truncated
	      to  the display width or 132 if output is sent to a
	      non-tty.

       --pp     Show PIDs. PIDs are shown	as  decimal  numbers  in
	      parentheses  after each process name. --pp implicitly
	      disables compaction.

       --uu     Show uid transitions. Whenever the uid of a process
	      differs  from the uid of its parent, the new uid is
	      shown in parentheses after the process name.

FFIILLEESS
       /proc	location of the proc file system

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       ps(1), top(1)




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PSTREE(1)		 USER COMMANDS			PSTREE(1)


AAUUTTHHOORR
       Werner Almesberger <almesber@bernina.ethz.ch>























































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