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1.1       root        1: .th PS I 10/15/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: ps \*- process status
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd ps
                      6: [
                      7: .bd alx
                      8: ]
                      9: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     10: .it Ps
                     11: prints certain indicia about active
                     12: processes.
                     13: The
                     14: .bd a
                     15: flag asks for information about all processes with teletypes (ordinarily
                     16: only one's own processes are displayed);
                     17: .bd x
                     18: asks even about processes with no typewriter;
                     19: .bd l
                     20: asks for a long listing.
                     21: Ordinarily only the typewriter number (if not one's own)
                     22: and the process number are given.
                     23: .s3
                     24: The long listing is columnar and contains
                     25: .s3
                     26: .lp +5 0
                     27: A number encoding the state (last digit)
                     28: and flags (first 1 or 2 digits) of the process.
                     29: .s3
                     30: The priority of the
                     31: process; high numbers mean low priority.
                     32: .s3
                     33: A number related in some unknown way to the
                     34: scheduling heuristic.
                     35: .s3
                     36: The last character of
                     37: the control typewriter of the process.
                     38: .s3
                     39: The process unique number
                     40: (as in certain cults it is possible
                     41: to kill a process if you know its true name).
                     42: .s3
                     43: The size in blocks of the core image of the process.
                     44: .s3
                     45: The last column if non-blank tells the core
                     46: address in the system of the
                     47: event which the process is waiting for;
                     48: if blank, the process is running.
                     49: .s3
                     50: .i0
                     51: .dt
                     52: Unfortunately if you have forgotten the number of a process
                     53: you will have to guess which one it is.
                     54: Plain
                     55: .it ps
                     56: will tell you only a list of numbers.
                     57: .sh FILES
                     58: /usr/sys/unix  system namelist
                     59: .br
                     60: /dev/mem       resident system
                     61: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     62: kill(I)
                     63: .sh BUGS
                     64: The ability to see, even if dimly,
                     65: the name by which the process was invoked would
                     66: be welcome.

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