Open the terminal by pressing “Ctrl + Alt + T” or by searching for “terminal” in the applications menu.
Type the “top” command in the terminal window and press Enter. This will display a live view of all currently running processes in descending order based on the amount of CPU usage.
You can also use the “ps” command to view a list of all running processes. Type “ps -ef” in the terminal window and press Enter. This will display a list of all processes in a detailed format, including their process ID (PID), parent process ID (PPID), CPU usage, memory usage, and more.
If you want to view the processes specific to a user, type “ps -u
“ in the terminal window and press Enter. Replace “ “ with the name of the user you wish to view the processes for. Additionally, you can use the “htop” command to view all running processes in an interactive, user-friendly interface with multiple tabs and features. To use this command, type “sudo apt-get install htop” in the terminal window and press Enter, then type “htop” and press Enter. This will launch the interactive process monitor.
Example:
To view all currently running processes with the “ps” command in Ubuntu, open a terminal window and type “ps -ef” and press Enter. This will display a list of all processes currently running on the system in a detailed format, including their process ID, parent process ID, and more. You can scroll through the list to view all processes, or use the “grep” command to search for specific processes. For example, if you want to view all processes related to the terminal, you can type “ps -ef | grep terminal” and press Enter. This will display a list of all processes related to the terminal.