ps

Report a snapshot of current processes.

Synopsis

tofu ps [flags]

Description

Display information about active processes. By default, lists all processes with minimal columns. Use filters to narrow results.

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--full	-f	Display full format listing	false
--users	-u	Filter by username(s)
--pids	-p	Filter by PID(s)
--name	-n	Filter by command name (substring)
--current	-c	Show only processes owned by current user	false
--invert	-v	Invert filtering (show non-matching)	false
--no-truncate	-N	Do not truncate command line output	false

Examples

List all processes:

tofu ps

Full format listing:

tofu ps -f

Filter by current user:

tofu ps -c

Filter by process name:

tofu ps -n node

Filter by specific PID:

tofu ps -p 1234

Filter by username:

tofu ps -u root

Show all except matching processes:

tofu ps -n chrome -v

Full output without truncation:

tofu ps -f -N

Sample Output

Simple format:

PID      COMMAND
1        systemd
1234     node
5678     bash

Full format (-f):

PID      PPID     USER     STATUS   %CPU    %MEM    COMMAND
1        0        root     S        0.0     0.1     systemd
1234     5678     user     R        5.2     2.3     node server.js
5678     1        user     S        0.1     0.5     /bin/bash