NAME

       pslist — control processes and their descendants

SYNOPSIS

       pslist [pid/name...]
       pslist -h | --help
       pslist -v | --version

       rkill [-SIG] pid/name...

       rrenice [+/-]pri pid/name...

DESCRIPTION

       The  pslist  utility  examines  the  list  of  current  processes to find a specified process and all its
       descendants.  A process may be specified either by name or by process ID.  If  no  arguments  are  given,
       pslist displays a list of the whole process tree.  For each process specified on the command line, pslist
       outputs  a  line  containing  the  process ID, the command name, and the PIDs of all the descendants (and
       their descendants, etc.).

       When invoked as rkill, this utility does not display information about the processes, but sends them  all
       a signal instead.  If not specified on the command line, a terminate (SIGTERM) signal is sent.

       When  invoked  as rrenice, this utility does not display information about the processes, but attempts to
       set their nice value instead.

RETURN VALUES

       The pslist utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

       pgrep(1), pkill(1)

HISTORY

       The pslist utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2000.

AUTHORS

       Peter Penchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩

Debian                                            June 1, 2009                                         PSLIST(1)