Package: psmisc (23.6-1)

utilities that use the proc file system

This package contains miscellaneous utilities that use the proc FS:

 - fuser: identifies processes that are using files or sockets.
 - killall: kills processes by name (e.g. "killall -HUP named").
 - peekfd: shows the data traveling over a file descriptor.
 - pstree: shows currently running processes as a tree.
 - prtstat: print the contents of /proc/<pid>/stat

Tags: System Administration: Monitoring, Implemented in: C, User Interface: interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, Role: Program, Scope: scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, Purpose: Checking, use::monitor, works-with::software:running

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