Chapter 22. Given a scenario, analyze system processes in order to optimize performance

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Process management

Process states

Kill signals

Commands

Process Management

A process is a program running on the system. Management tasks include starting, viewing, and pausing processes. This chapter focuses on these topics.

Process States

Each process is assigned a state, depending on the current actions the process is taking (or if it is not taking any actions at all). This section describes the important process states.

Note that the ps and top commands ...

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