LINUX ps aux command.

LIST all the programs running on my linux computer.
(( ps aux ))
$ ps aux

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To the extend of checking the ?target? processes, let say ?fluxbox?, we do this,
$ ps aux | grep fluxbox
With that, the lines with keyword ?fluxbox? will be grepped. But, the first line of ps which use to display the field caption will be lost.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As long as you know the exactly what you want, you can use the command line as bellow:
CODE:

$ ps u -C icewm
$ ps u -C opera
$ ps u -C firefox
$ ps u -C emelfm

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((( some more targeted apps.))

$ ps u -C icewm,gmplayer,mplaye,opera,firefox,beaver,nano,bash

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Alsp try:

$ ps axu

NOW you know what apps are using up all your ram.

$ killall firefox     " to free up your computers ram."

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2008march