Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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Jim Warner 717d73f1dd top: tweaks to vertical scroll management & 'i' toggle
The commit referenced below claims to disable vertical
scrolling when idle tasks weren't being shown. However
it really addresses only a point in time when that 'i'
toggle is keyed. Left untouched were the up/down keys.

So this commit will simply finish the job of disabling
vertical scrolling whenever tasks which have used some
CPU are the only ones which are currently being shown.

Reference(s):
commit c07f6c5e6d

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2016-03-12 14:50:57 +11:00
contrib
Documentation miscellaneous: remove some trailing whitespace buildup 2015-06-20 07:46:23 +10:00
include A locale-independent strtod 2016-03-03 21:24:08 +11:00
lib A locale-independent strtod 2016-03-03 21:24:08 +11:00
man-po translations: Update all and fix Polish 2015-08-09 17:37:44 +10:00
misc
po translations: Update all and fix Polish 2015-08-09 17:37:44 +10:00
proc Replace %Lu with standard %llu 2016-03-03 21:43:52 +11:00
ps Fix for Bug:1174313 2016-03-02 22:35:55 +05:30
testsuite testsuite: kill test fails on signal names 2016-01-03 18:20:45 +11:00
top top: tweaks to vertical scroll management & 'i' toggle 2016-03-12 14:50:57 +11:00
.gitignore A locale-independent strtod 2016-03-03 21:24:08 +11:00
.gitlab-ci.yml Removed empty test 2015-10-24 14:41:54 +11:00
AUTHORS Changed git site to gitlab 2015-05-10 14:57:50 +10:00
autogen.sh
ChangeLog Changed git site to gitlab 2015-05-10 14:57:50 +10:00
configure.ac enable transparent large file support 2016-03-10 22:01:32 +11:00
COPYING
COPYING.LIB
create-man-pot.sh docs: with systemd now in library, remember openproc.3 2014-07-18 20:49:57 +02:00
free.1 free: use SReclaimable in cached 2015-10-24 14:21:23 +11:00
free.c free: use correct end sentinel 2015-10-24 13:17:36 +11:00
INSTALL.md docs: Updated documentation 2015-05-10 17:23:54 +10:00
kill.1
Makefile.am set test programs to check_PROGRAMS 2016-03-10 21:57:42 +11:00
NEWS ps: use attr/current as fallback for context 2016-01-03 18:13:47 +11:00
pgrep.1 pgrep: Enable case-insensitive process matching 2015-05-10 17:42:09 +10:00
pgrep.c pkill: reject -signal number with trailing garbage 2015-07-07 10:39:49 -07:00
pidof.1 pidof: support for omitted %PPID and additional separators 2013-10-14 15:38:33 +02:00
pidof.c Fix readlink's do-while-loop 2015-07-11 21:30:31 +02:00
pkill.1
pmap.1 pmap: Including -p in the man page 2013-11-26 13:45:22 +01:00
pmap.c pmap: Fix detail parsing on long mapping lines 2016-02-09 23:02:31 +01:00
pwdx.1
pwdx.c Handle out of memory conditions. 2015-07-11 21:28:47 +02:00
README.md added new CI status button 2015-10-24 01:35:01 +00:00
skill.1
skill.c kill: print usage if no pid is passed in command line 2015-07-07 10:39:49 -07:00
slabtop.1 procps: Add a zero-width break point in slabtop.1 2015-06-01 22:04:40 +10:00
slabtop.c 'slabtop -o' with stdin not a tty would complain 2015-01-24 17:27:12 +11:00
snice.1
sysctl.8 docs: Fix typos in slabtop.1, sysctl.8 and uptime.1 2014-09-16 19:35:28 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: Correct stat on /etc/sysctl.conf 2015-06-26 23:03:11 +10:00
sysctl.conf
sysctl.conf.5 docs: Fix typos in sysctl.8 and sysctl.conf.5 2014-09-15 16:24:59 +02:00
tload.1
tload.c tload: fix lockup 2014-08-27 18:59:27 +02:00
translate-man.sh Fixed translate-man.sh for no top ps 2014-05-28 20:12:33 +10:00
uptime.1 docs: Fix typos in slabtop.1, sysctl.8 and uptime.1 2014-09-16 19:35:28 +02:00
uptime.c Merge commit 'refs/merge-requests/2' of git://gitorious.org/procps/procps into merge-requests/2 2013-09-11 20:50:48 +10:00
vmstat.8 library: reverting tmpfs subtraction from cached (18-FEB-2014) 2014-04-30 13:59:34 +02:00
vmstat.c Use <dirent.h> instead of <sys/dir.h> 2014-08-26 16:01:57 +02:00
w.1 sysctl, w: miscelaneous usage/man fixes 2013-07-19 14:50:02 +02:00
w.c w: Adjust command width 2015-07-21 22:45:02 +10:00
watch.1 watch: typo in man (closign->closing) 2014-09-12 14:22:48 +02:00
watch.c watch: interpret esc[m sequence 2015-11-18 22:48:09 +11:00

build status procps

procps is a set of command line and full-screen utilities that provide information out of the pseudo-filesystem most commonly located at /proc. This filesystem provides a simple interface to the kernel data structures. The programs of procps generally concentrate on the structures that describe the processess running on the system.

The following programs are found in procps:

  • free - Report the amount of free and used memory in the system
  • kill - Send a signal to a process based on PID
  • pgrep - List processes based on name or other attributes
  • pkill - Send a signal to a process based on name or other attributes
  • pmap - Report memory map of a process
  • ps - Report information of processes
  • pwdx - Report current directory of a process
  • skill - Obsolete version of pgrep/pkill
  • slabtop - Display kernel slab cache information in real time
  • snice - Renice a process
  • sysctl - Read or Write kernel parameters at run-time
  • tload - Graphical representation of system load average
  • top - Dynamic real-time view of running processes
  • uptime - Display how long the system has been running
  • vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics
  • w - Report logged in users and what they are doing
  • watch - Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen

Reporting Bugs

There are a few ways of reporting bugs or feature requests:

  1. Your distributions bug reporter. If you are using a distribution your first port of call is their bug tracker. This is because each distribution has their own patches and way of dealing with bugs. Also bug reporting often does not need any subscription to websites.
  2. GitLab Issues - To the left of this page is the issue tracker. You can report bugs here.
  3. Email list - We have an email list (see below) where you can report bugs. The problem with this method is bug reports often get lost and cannot be tracked. This is especially a big problem when its something that will take time to resolve.

If you need to report bugs, there is more details on the Bug Reporting page.

Email List

The email list for the developers and users of procps is found at http://www.freelists.org/archive/procps/ This email list discusses the development of procps and is used by distributions to also forward or discuss bugs.