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Lists all processes, sorted by CPU percentage with the highest at the top of the list. |
ps -eaf | grep program |
Lists all processes and their IDs associated with the specified program. Wildcard characters can be used to list a group of related programs (for example, gw*). |
ps -aux | grep username |
Lists all processes and their IDs associated with the specified user. |
kill process_ID |
Stops the specified process like a normal exit. |
kill -9 process_ID |
Stops the specified process after it has failed to exit normally. Temporary files are not cleaned up. |
killall program |
Kills all processes associated with the specified program. |
xkill |
Closes the window that you click on with the resulting box-shaped cursor. |