Unix ps command for Mac OS apps

macrules101macrules101
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in macOS edited January 2014
When i run the ps command through unix it only shows up all current proceses in the unix shell. How can i get this to encompass all of mac os processes?

is this even posible?



thanks



BTW: Mac Rules!!!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    ps -ax



    Enjoy.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    whisperwhisper Posts: 735member
    The ps man page says something about it only displaying processes attached to a terminal. Typing "top" will give you info about OSX processes though.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    whisperwhisper Posts: 735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Brad

    ps -ax



    Enjoy.



    Cool! I didn't know about that
  • Reply 4 of 6
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    >man ps
  • Reply 5 of 6
    noleli2noleli2 Posts: 129member
    If you really want to see just OS X apps, assuming you keep them where you're supposed to, you can just pipe a grep into ps:



    Code:


    ps -ax | grep Applications



  • Reply 6 of 6
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Ok just to point out...



    You don't need the "-" with the ps commands you have listed with bash.



    ps ax

    (and for memory usage)

    ps aux



    However if you want the same output as ps ax only just the process names (not the directorys) you need the "-" and the command is "ps -A"



    This is just because of ps's different style of options...



    "ps - [letters]" are Unix98 style options.

    "ps [letters]" are BSD-style options. Which I guess is OSX style too.

    "ps --[words]" are GNU style options.



    All get the job done... so it is up to you..
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