Editing Ps (Unix) (section)

{{Short description|Standard UNIX utility that displays the currently-running processes}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = ps
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = Ps command screenshot.png
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| caption                = The {{code|ps}} command
| author                 = [[AT&T Bell Laboratories]]
| developer              = Various [[open-source software|open-source]] and [[commercial software|commercial]] developers
| released               = {{Start date and age|1973|2}}
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| latest release date    = 
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Unix]], [[Unix-like]], [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]], [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]], [[KolibriOS]], [[IBM i]]
| platform               = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre                  = [[Command (computing)|Command]]
| license                = Plan 9: [[MIT License]]
| website                = 
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In most [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like operating system]]s, the '''<code>ps</code>''' (''process status'') program displays the currently-running [[process (computing)|processes]].  The related Unix utility <code>[[top (software)|top]]</code> provides a real-time view of the running processes.