HP-UX Process Monitoring PS command

HP-UX Process Monitoring

ps -ef is a well command to monitor process running in HP-UX. The -e option selects all processes, and the -f option sets the output format.

# ps -ef

UID  PID PPID C  STIME  TTY   TIME COMD

root   0 0    80 Jan 12 ?     0:04 init.rc0

root  22 1    0  Jan 12 ?     0:01 etc/rbind

root  34 222  2  Jan 12 ?     0:03 /usr/lib/sendmail-bd

root  78 4455 11 Jan 12 ?     0:02 /share/bin/man

root  89 8768 32 Jan 12 pts/3 0:02 ps

root  99 9798 0  Jan 12 pts/3 0:01 ps-ef

Additional note:
• UID - Username of the owner
• PID - Process ID
• PPID - PID of the parent process
• C - CPU use/scheduling info
• STIME - Time the process was started
• TTY - Control terminal
• TIME - CPU time consumed
• COMD - Command and arguments