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procs
List all processes
procs <word>
Search user and command
procs 1234
Find a PID
procs --sortd cpu
Busiest first
procs --tree
Show parent/child tree
procs --watch
Live refresh, like top
procs --or <a> <b>
Match any keyword
sudo procs
See every user's details

Concepts

  1. Keyword procs <word>
  2. Number exact match on PID
  3. Text partial match on user, command
How a keyword is matched
procs <keyword>
Filter by user or command
procs <pid>
Show one PID
procs <a> <b>
Match all keywords (default)
procs --or <a> <b>
Match any keyword
procs --nor <a> <b>
Hide matches of any keyword
procs --nand <a> <b>
Hide matches of all keywords
procs --and <a> <b>
Match all, explicitly
procs --regex '<pattern>'
Regex search, one pattern
procs --smart <pattern>
Auto-detect regex syntax
procs --text <word>
Plain text search
procs -o <a> <b>
Short form of --or
Short forms: -a and, -o or, -d nand, -r nor.

Sort and columns

procs --sortd <kind>
Sort descending by a column
The kind is matched partially and case-insensitively, so cpu, mem and time work.
procs --sorta <kind>
Sort ascending by a column
procs --list
List available column kinds
procs --insert <kind>
Add a column to a slot
procs --only <kind>
Show just one column
procs --no-header
Suppress the header line
procs --thread
Show threads
procs --sortd vmrss
Biggest memory users first
procs --sorta starttime
Oldest processes first
procs --insert tcp
Add listening TCP ports column
procs --insert read write
Add disk read and write columns
procs --insert docker
Add container name column

Tree and watch

procs --tree
Draw the process tree
procs --tree <word>
Tree of matches with relatives
procs --watch
Refresh every second
procs --watch-interval <sec>
Refresh at a custom interval
procs -t
Short form of --tree
procs -w
Short form of --watch
procs -W <sec>
Short form of --watch-interval
n / p
Next / previous sort column (watch)
a / d
Sort ascending / descending (watch)
q
Quit watch mode
procs --interval <ms>
Throughput sampling time, default 100

Output

procs --pager always
Always page the output
procs --pager disable
Never page
procs --color always
Keep colours in a pipe
procs --color disable
Plain output
procs --theme light
Force the light theme
procs --json
Output as JSON
procs --procfs <path>
Read an alternate procfs

Config

procs --gen-config
Print a full sample config
procs --use-config large
Built-in wider column set
Values: default or large.
procs --load-config <path>
Load a config file
~/.config/procs/config.toml
Linux config file
procs --gen-completion-out <shell>
Print shell completion
procs --gen-completion <shell>
Write completion file here
procs --gen-man-page
Print a man page
procs --version
Show version

Recipes

Find what listens on a port
procs --insert tcp --sortd tcp# TcpPort column lists listening portssudo procs --insert tcp nginx
Top memory and CPU hogs
procs --sortd vmrss | headprocs --sortd cpu --pager disable | head
Watch one service tree
procs --tree --watch nginx
Script-friendly output
procs --json | jq '.[0]'procs --color disable --no-header <word>