api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: yaml
dataset:
  id: 2467
  slug: process-management-commands
  title: Unix Process & System Management Commands
  description: Essential Unix commands for monitoring and managing processes and system resources.
  summary: "Unix process and system-management commands with a description, example and category: ps, top, htop, kill, nice, df, du, free, uname and lscpu."
  use_when:
    - You are inspecting running processes, resource use or system information.
    - You need the command to stop or reprioritize a process.
  caveats:
    - Output format and flags differ between Linux, BSD and macOS.
    - kill -9 gives a process no chance to clean up; try SIGTERM first.
  related:
    - process-management
    - file-operations
    - unix-networking-commands
    - monitoring-logging-tools
  entry_count: 10
  fields:
    - section: commands
      field: command
      type: string
      example: ps
    - section: commands
      field: description
      type: string
      example: Display information about running processes
    - section: commands
      field: example
      type: string
      example: ps aux
    - section: commands
      field: category
      type: string
      example: Process Monitoring
  category: Unix Commands
  category_slug: unix-commands
  tags: unix,linux,commands,process,system,admin
  view_count: 46
  created_at: 1777673262
  updated_at: 1777673262
data:
  commands:
    - command: ps
      description: Display information about running processes
      example: ps aux
      category: Process Monitoring
    - command: top
      description: Display real-time system summary and process list
      example: top -o %MEM
      category: Process Monitoring
    - command: htop
      description: Interactive process viewer (enhanced top)
      example: htop
      category: Process Monitoring
    - command: kill
      description: Send a signal to a process
      example: kill -9 1234
      category: Process Control
    - command: nice
      description: Run a program with modified scheduling priority
      example: nice -n 10 ./script.sh
      category: Process Control
    - command: df
      description: Report filesystem disk space usage
      example: df -h
      category: System Monitoring
    - command: du
      description: Estimate file and directory space usage
      example: du -sh /home
      category: System Monitoring
    - command: free
      description: Display amount of free and used memory
      example: free -h
      category: System Monitoring
    - command: uname
      description: Print system information
      example: uname -a
      category: System Information
    - command: lscpu
      description: Display CPU architecture information
      example: lscpu
      category: System Information