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ps

The ps command, short for process status, has some features for keeping tabs on your program’s memory use. Here is one use of ps:

$​ ​p​s​ ​a​u​x​w​ ​|​ ​g​r​e​p​ ​s​o​m​e​t​h​i​n​g​-​i​n​t​e​r​e​s​t​i​n​g​

where something-interesting is the PID or program name of interest. So, something like

$​ ​p​s​ ​a​u​x​w​ ​|​ ​g​r​e​p​ ​F​i​n​d​e​r​

will show some information about the Finder process:

m​a​r​k​d​ ​ ​ ​2​2​9​ ​ ​ ​0​.​0​ ​ ​1​.​9​ ​ ​ ​ ​2​9​1​2​5​8​4​ ​ ​3​3​1​3​6​ ​ ​?​?​ ​ ​S​ ​ ​ ​0​:​4​3​.​1​1​ ​/​S​y​s​t​e​m​/​ ​\​
L​i​b​r​a​r​y​/​C​o​r​e​S​e​r​v​i​c​e​s​/​F​i​n​d​e​r​.​a​p​p​/​C​o​n​t​e​n​t​s​/​M​a​c​O​S​/​F​i​n​d​e​r​ ​-​p​s​n​_​0​_​2​6​2​1​

In order, the columns are:

  1. Owner of the process (markd).

  2. Process ID ...

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