Ps (Unix)

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article is written like a manual or guide. Please help rewrite this article and remove advice or instruction. (April 2020) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Ps" Unix – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

ps

The ps command
Original author(s)	AT&T Bell Laboratories
Developer(s)	Various open-source and commercial developers
Initial release	February 1973; 51 years ago (1973-02)
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, KolibriOS, IBM i
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Command
License	Plan 9: MIT License

In most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the ps (process status) program displays the currently-running processes. The related Unix utility top provides a real-time view of the running processes.