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        !             3: ps                           Command                           ps
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        !             8: Print process status
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        !            10: ppss [ -aaffggllmmnnrrttwwxx ] [ -cc _s_y_s ] [ -kk _m_e_m ]
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        !            12: ps prints  information about a  process or processes.   It prints
        !            13: the information  in fields, followed by the  command name and ar-
        !            14: guments.  The fields include the following:
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        !            16: TTTTYY     The controlling terminal of the command, printed in short
        !            17:         form.  ``44:'' means  /dev/tty44 and ``??:''  means there
        !            18:         is no controlling terminal.
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        !            20: PPIIDD     Process id; necessary  to know when the  process is to be
        !            21:         killed.
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        !            23: GGRROOUUPP   PID of the group leader of the process; the shell started
        !            24:         up when the user logs in.
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        !            26: PPPPIIDD    PID of the parent of the process; very often a shell.
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        !            28: UUIIDD     User id or name of the owner.
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        !            30: KK       Size of the process in kilobytes.
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        !            32: FF       Process flag bits, as follows:
        !            33:         PPFFCCOORREE  00001 Process is in core
        !            34:         PPFFLLOOCCKK  00002 Process is locked in core
        !            35:         PPFFSSWWIIOO  00004 Swap I/O in progress
        !            36:         PPFFSSWWAAPP  00010 Process is swapped out
        !            37:         PPFFWWAAIITT  00020 Process is stopped (not waited)
        !            38:         PPFFSSTTOOPP  00040 Process is stopped (waited on)
        !            39:         PPFFTTRRAACC  00100 Process is being traced
        !            40:         PPFFKKEERRNN  00200 Kernel process
        !            41:         PPFFAAUUXXMM  00400 Auxiliary segments in memory
        !            42:         PPFFDDIISSPP  01000 Dispatch at earliest convenience
        !            43:         PPFFNNDDMMPP  02000 Command mode forbids dump
        !            44:         PPFFWWAAKKEE  04000 Wakeup requested
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        !            47: SS       State of the process, as follows:
        !            48:         RR       Ready to run (waiting for CPU time)
        !            49:         SS       Stopped for other reasons (I/O completion, pause, etc.)
        !            50:         TT       Being traced by another process
        !            51:         WW       Waiting for an existent child
        !            52:         ZZ       Zombie (dead, but parent not waiting)
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        !            55: EEVVEENNTT   The condition which the process  is anticipating; not ap-
        !            56:         plicable if the process is ready to run.
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        !            58: CCVVAALL SSVVAALL IIVVAALL RRVVAALL
        !            59:         Scheduling information; bigger is better.
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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        !            69: ps                           Command                           ps
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        !            73: UUTTIIMMEE   Time consumed while running in the program (in seconds).
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        !            75: SSTTIIMMEE   Time consumed while running in the system (in seconds).
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        !            77: Normally,  ps displays  the  TTY and  PID fields  of each  active
        !            78: process started on the  caller's terminal, as well as the command
        !            79: name and arguments.  The following flags can alter this behavior.
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        !            81: aa    Display  information about  processes started from  all ter-
        !            82:      minals.
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        !            84: cc     The next  argument sys  gives  the system  executable image
        !            85:      (default:  /coherent).  The namelist  is searched  for table
        !            86:      addresses.
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        !            88: dd    Print information about status of loadable drivers.
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        !            90: ff    Blank  fields have  `-' place-holders.  This  enables field-
        !            91:      oriented commands like sort and awk to process the output.
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        !            93: gg    Print the group leader field GROUP if the ll option is given.
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        !            95: ll    Long format.  In addition  to the TTY and PID fields, prints
        !            96:      the PPID, UID, K, F, S and EVENT fields.
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        !            98: kk     The  next   argument  mem  is  the  memory  file  (default:
        !            99:      /dev/mem).
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        !           101: mm    Print the scheduling fields CVAL, SVAL, IVAL and RVAL.
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        !           103: nn    Suppress the header line.
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        !           105: rr    Print the real size  of the process, which includes the user
        !           106:      and auxiliary segments assigned to the process.  Because the
        !           107:      user segment (usually 1 kilobyte) is shared by all processes
        !           108:      owned by  that user, this  may give a  misleading total size
        !           109:      for all the user's processes.
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        !           111: tt    Print elapsed CPU time fields UTIME and STIME.
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        !           113: ww    Wide format output; print 132 columns instead of 80.
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        !           115: xx    Display  processes which do not  have a controlling terminal
        !           116:      (e.g. the swapper).
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        !           118: ***** Files *****
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        !           120: /ccoohheerreenntt -- Default system file
        !           121: /ddeevv/mmeemm -- Default memory file
        !           122: /ddeevv/ttttyy* -- List of terminal names
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        !           124: ***** See Also *****
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        !           126: commands, kill, mem, size, wait
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        !           130: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 2
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        !           135: ps                           Command                           ps
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        !           139: ***** Notes *****
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        !           141: Each  process can  modify  or destroy  its command  name and  ar-
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