How to show running processes in Linux
You can use several programs to view running processes in Linux, and they come in both graphical and command-line options.
Related: How to list processes by user and group in Linux
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Linux distributions with GNOME desktop environment come with GNOME System Monitor while KDE has System Activity. However, you can always rely on ps and top in all Linux distributions and other Unix-based operating systems.
Both are command-line utilities, installed by default in most Linux systems, and could be your only option when doing remote administration via SSH.
Steps to list and show details of running processes in Linux:
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View running process using ps.
$ ps PID TTY TIME CMD 1082 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 1102 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
By default, ps selects all processes with the same effective user ID (euid=EUID) as the current user and associated with the same terminal as the invoker. It displays the process ID (pid=PID), the terminal associated with the process (tname=TTY), the cumulated CPU time in [DD-]hh:mm:ss format (time=TIME), and the executable name (ucmd=CMD). Output is unsorted by default.
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View more running processes with more details using ps.
$ ps -aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 1.1 0.5 101160 10612 ? Ss 09:19 0:07 /sbin/init maybe-ubiquity root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [kthreadd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [rcu_gp] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [rcu_par_gp] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [kworker/0:0H-kblockd] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 09:19 0:00 [kworker/0:1-events] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [mm_percpu_wq] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 09:19 0:00 [rcu_sched] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [migration/0] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [idle_inject/0] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [cpuhp/0] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [kdevtmpfs] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [netns] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [rcu_tasks_kthre] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [kauditd] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [khungtaskd] root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [oom_reaper] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [writeback] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [kcompactd0] root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 09:19 0:00 [ksmd] root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 09:19 0:00 [khugepaged] root 116 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [kintegrityd] root 117 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [kblockd] root 118 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [blkcg_punt_bio] root 119 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [tpm_dev_wq] root 120 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [ata_sff] root 121 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [md] root 122 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [edac-poller] root 123 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [devfreq_wq] root 124 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [watchdogd] root 127 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [kswapd0] root 128 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kworker/u257:0-hci0] root 129 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [ecryptfs-kthrea] root 132 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kthrotld] root 133 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/24-pciehp] root 134 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/25-pciehp] root 135 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/26-pciehp] root 136 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/27-pciehp] root 137 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/28-pciehp] root 138 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/29-pciehp] root 139 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/30-pciehp] root 140 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/31-pciehp] root 141 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/32-pciehp] root 142 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/33-pciehp] root 143 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/34-pciehp] root 144 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/35-pciehp] root 145 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/36-pciehp] root 146 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/37-pciehp] root 147 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/38-pciehp] root 148 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/39-pciehp] root 149 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/40-pciehp] root 150 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/41-pciehp] root 151 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/42-pciehp] root 152 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/43-pciehp] root 153 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/44-pciehp] root 154 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/45-pciehp] root 155 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/46-pciehp] root 156 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/47-pciehp] root 157 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/48-pciehp] root 158 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/49-pciehp] root 159 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/50-pciehp] root 160 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/51-pciehp] root 161 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/52-pciehp] root 162 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/53-pciehp] root 163 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/54-pciehp] root 164 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/55-pciehp] root 165 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [acpi_thermal_pm] root 166 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 167 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_0] root 168 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 169 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_1] root 171 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [ipv6_addrconf] root 183 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kstrp] root 202 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [charger_manager] root 244 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [mpt_poll_0] root 245 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [mpt/0] root 246 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 247 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_2] root 248 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_3] root 249 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_3] root 250 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_4] root 251 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_4] root 252 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_5] root 253 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_5] root 254 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_6] root 255 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_6] root 256 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_7] root 257 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_7] root 258 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_8] root 259 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_8] root 260 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_9] root 261 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_9] root 262 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_10] root 263 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_10] root 264 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_11] root 265 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_11] root 266 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_12] root 267 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_12] root 272 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_13] root 276 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_13] root 278 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_14] root 279 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_14] root 280 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_15] root 281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_15] root 282 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_16] root 283 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_16] root 284 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_17] root 285 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_17] root 286 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_18] root 287 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_18] root 288 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_19] root 289 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_19] root 290 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_20] root 291 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_20] root 292 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [cryptd] root 293 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_21] root 294 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_21] root 295 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_22] root 297 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_22] root 298 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_23] root 299 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_23] root 300 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_24] root 302 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_24] root 303 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_25] root 305 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_25] root 306 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_26] root 307 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_26] root 308 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_27] root 310 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_27] root 312 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_28] root 314 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [irq/16-vmwgfx] root 315 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_28] root 316 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [ttm_swap] root 318 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_29] root 319 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_29] root 321 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_30] root 323 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_30] root 324 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_31] root 326 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_31] root 343 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 09:20 0:00 [kworker/u256:20-events_power_efficient] root 352 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 09:20 0:00 [kworker/u256:29-events_unbound] root 365 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [scsi_eh_32] root 368 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [scsi_tmf_32] root 383 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kworker/0:1H-kblockd] root 416 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [raid5wq] root 457 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:20 0:00 [jbd2/sda2-8] root 458 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver] root 531 0.0 0.7 49096 15800 ? S<s 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-journald root 553 0.0 0.2 20436 4928 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd root 583 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kworker/u257:2-hci0] root 694 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kaluad] root 695 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kmpath_rdacd] root 696 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kmpathd] root 697 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:20 0:00 [kmpath_handlerd] root 698 0.0 0.8 280084 17888 ? SLsl 09:20 0:00 /sbin/multipathd -d -s root 708 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:20 0:00 [loop0] root 709 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:20 0:00 [loop1] root 710 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:20 0:00 [loop2] systemd+ 724 0.0 0.3 89952 6364 ? Ssl 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd root 727 0.0 0.5 43604 10044 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /usr/bin/VGAuthService root 748 0.1 0.5 122220 11384 ? Ssl 09:20 0:00 /usr/bin/vmtoolsd systemd+ 794 0.0 0.3 26056 7568 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd systemd+ 795 0.0 0.4 20668 8624 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved root 810 0.0 0.3 16356 7348 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-logind syslog 815 0.0 0.2 224360 4636 ? Ssl 09:20 0:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n -iNONE message+ 823 0.0 0.2 7356 4412 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation --syslog-only root 829 0.1 1.0 549048 21816 ? Ssl 09:20 0:01 /usr/lib/snapd/snapd root 838 0.0 0.4 239200 9112 ? Ssl 09:20 0:00 /usr/lib/accountsservice/accounts-daemon root 839 0.0 0.8 28336 17864 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher --run-startup-triggers root 840 0.0 0.1 6756 2916 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron -f daemon 848 0.0 0.1 3736 2184 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd -f root 869 0.0 0.3 12028 6868 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D root 873 0.0 0.0 5820 1712 tty1 Ss+ 09:20 0:00 /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear tty1 linux root 878 0.0 0.4 236340 8900 ? Ssl 09:20 0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug root 885 0.0 1.0 107712 20808 ? Ssl 09:20 0:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown --wait-for-signal root 958 0.5 0.0 0 0 ? I 09:20 0:03 [kworker/0:6-events] root 989 0.0 0.4 13216 8564 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 sshd: user [priv] user 992 0.0 0.4 18128 9084 ? Ss 09:20 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd --user user 993 0.0 0.1 102516 2816 ? S 09:20 0:00 (sd-pam) user 1081 0.0 0.2 13552 5944 ? R 09:20 0:00 sshd: user@pts/0 user 1082 0.0 0.2 8224 5124 pts/0 Ss 09:20 0:00 -bash root 1100 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I 09:25 0:00 [kworker/0:0-events] user 1103 0.0 0.1 9160 3400 pts/0 R+ 09:30 0:00 ps -aux
More options for ps:
Usage: ps [options] Basic options: -A, -e all processes -a all with tty, except session leaders a all with tty, including other users -d all except session leaders -N, --deselect negate selection r only running processes T all processes on this terminal x processes without controlling ttys Selection by list: -C <command> command name -G, --Group <GID> real group id or name -g, --group <group> session or effective group name -p, p, --pid <PID> process id --ppid <PID> parent process id -q, q, --quick-pid <PID> process id (quick mode) -s, --sid <session> session id -t, t, --tty <tty> terminal -u, U, --user <UID> effective user id or name -U, --User <UID> real user id or name The selection options take as their argument either: a comma-separated list e.g. '-u root,nobody' or a blank-separated list e.g. '-p 123 4567' Output formats: -F extra full -f full-format, including command lines f, --forest ascii art process tree -H show process hierarchy -j jobs format j BSD job control format -l long format l BSD long format -M, Z add security data (for SELinux) -O <format> preloaded with default columns O <format> as -O, with BSD personality -o, o, --format <format> user-defined format s signal format u user-oriented format v virtual memory format X register format -y do not show flags, show rss vs. addr (used with -l) --context display security context (for SELinux) --headers repeat header lines, one per page --no-headers do not print header at all --cols, --columns, --width <num> set screen width --rows, --lines <num> set screen height Show threads: H as if they were processes -L possibly with LWP and NLWP columns -m, m after processes -T possibly with SPID column Miscellaneous options: -c show scheduling class with -l option c show true command name e show the environment after command k, --sort specify sort order as: [+|-]key[,[+|-]key[,...]] L show format specifiers n display numeric uid and wchan S, --cumulative include some dead child process data -y do not show flags, show rss (only with -l) -V, V, --version display version information and exit -w, w unlimited output width --help <simple|list|output|threads|misc|all> display help and exit For more details see ps(1).
Manual page for ps:
ps – report a snapshot of the current processes. -
Search specific process based on pattern using grep.
$ ps -aux | grep cpu root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? I< 09:19 0:00 [mm_percpu_wq] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:19 0:00 [cpuhp/0] user 1110 0.0 0.0 6428 992 pts/0 S+ 09:32 0:00 grep --color=auto cpu
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View repetitive update of running processes using top.
$ top top - 09:24:55 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.26, 0.15 Tasks: 220 total, 1 running, 219 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 6.2 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 93.8 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st MiB Mem : 1958.4 total, 1495.4 free, 191.2 used, 271.9 buff/cache MiB Swap: 2048.0 total, 2048.0 free, 0.0 used. 1608.7 avail Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1 root 20 0 101160 10612 7988 S 0.0 0.5 0:07.05 systemd 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 kthreadd 3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_gp 4 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_par_gp 5 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.16 kworker/0:0-events 6 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:0H-kblockd 7 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 kworker/0:1-events 8 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/u256:0-events_freezable_power_ 9 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mm_percpu_wq 10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 ksoftirqd/0 11 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.38 rcu_sched 12 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 13 root -51 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 idle_inject/0 14 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cpuhp/0 15 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kdevtmpfs 16 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 netns 17 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_tasks_kthre 18 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kauditd 19 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khungtaskd 20 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 oom_reaper 21 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 writeback 22 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kcompactd0 23 root 25 5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksmd 24 root 39 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khugepaged 26 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 kworker/u256:1-events_unbound 116 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kintegrityd 117 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd 118 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 blkcg_punt_bio 119 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 tpm_dev_wq 120 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_sff 121 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 md 122 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 edac-poller 123 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 devfreq_wq 124 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdogd 127 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kswapd0 128 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/u257:0-hci0
More options for top:
Usage: top -hv | -bcEHiOSs1 -d secs -n max -u|U user -p pid(s) -o field -w [cols]
Manual page for top:
top – display Linux processes
