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Old 02-08-2014, 10:52 AM   #1
shreesh
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the difference between in ps command switches


hi , i'd like to know the difference between ps -aux and ps -axjf??
 
Old 02-08-2014, 11:10 AM   #2
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On the man page for ps, it says this:

The POSIX and UNIX
standards require that "ps -aux" print all processes owned by a user
named "x", as well as printing all processes that would be selected by
the -a option.

To print a process tree:
ps axjf

Basically, axjf is a tree view and aux is not.
 
  


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