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ps

ps [-fhsl] [-o]...

The ps command lists the details all the processes running on a system. By default, the following details are displayed for each process:

Process ID
Total execution time
Process name

Notes:

Whenever data is not accessible to the ps command, a ? symbol is displayed.
The total execution time is not listed on a Hardware Reference Platform (HRP) or a production device as the monitoring mechanism is optimised out of production ROMs.

The ps command supports the following options:

Option	Description
`-f`	Lists the details all the processes along with the following information for each process: Process ID Total execution time Complete path of the executable used by the process
`-h`	Displays help information for the `ps` command.
`-s`	Lists the names of the servers.
`-l`	Lists the details all the processes along with the following information for each process: Status of the process Process ID Priority of the process Address of the process Size of the process Total execution time Name of the process
`-o`	This option enables you to customise the column headers displayed when the details of all the processes are listed. The default column headers are TIME , PID , COMMAND (command arguments for the process), and COMMAND (complete path of the executable used by the process). You can customise these column headers by assigning a value for the following variables: time (TIME): Total execution time. pid (PID): Process ID. args (COMMAND): Command arguments for the process. The Symbian version of the `ps` command does not list any command arguments for a process, instead the complete path of the executable used by the process is displayed within square brackets under the comm column. comm (COMMAND): Complete path of the executable used by the process. Examples: To assign Total Execution Time as column header instead of TIME (the default value), use the following command: `ps -o "time=Total Execution Time"` Note: You can use a comma (,) to specify multiple values using the `-o` option. To view the details of the processes with their default column headers, use the following command: `ps -o comm,time,args,pid` To view the details of the processes with their complete path and assign Exec Time as column header for TIME , use the following command: `ps -o comm, time=Exec Time`

The following table describes the default column headers used be the ps command:

Column Header	Description
S	Describes the state of the process. The only state supported by Symbian is Running .
PID	Indicates the process ID of the process.
PRI	Indicates the priority of the process. When the state of the process is suffixed by < it indicates that the process is of high priority. Otherwise, when the status is suffixed by N it indicates that the process is of low priority.
ADDR	Indicates the memory address of the process.
SZ	The size in blocks of the core image of the process. (1 block = 512 bytes).
TIME	The total execution time for the process. This is displayed in the following format: `[dd-]hh:mm:ss` dd: Days hh: Hours mm: Minutes ss: Seconds
CMD	Indicates the command name (complete path of the executable used by the process). The complete path is displayed when you use the `-f` option.

Parent topic: Zsh Command Syntax