I want to see list of process created by specific user or group of user in Linux
Can I do it using ps command or is there any other command to achieve this?
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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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To view only the processes owned by a specific user, use the following command:
top -U [username]
Replace the [username] with the required username
If you want to use ps then
ps -u [username]
OR
ps -ef | grep <username>
OR
ps -efl | grep <username>
for the extended listing
Check out the man ps page for options
Another alternative is to use pstree wchich prints the process tree of the user
pstree <username or pid>
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... | grep <username>solutions don't work if you have two usernames which are longer than N chars. In my case N is 6. – guettli Jan 19 '18 at 10:44 -
1Note: I got an error for
top -U [username], andtop -u [username]worked for me instead. Debian 9. So if anybody else gets an error with the -U form, try the lowercase. – Gloweye Oct 29 '18 at 09:08 -
1Note: On FreeBSD it is
ps -U <username>(notice the capitalU) – Rahul Bharadwaj Apr 28 '21 at 17:13
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try this one
ps -fp $(pgrep -u <username>)
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How is this better than
ps -u <username>, as mentioned in the existing answer (orps -fu <username>if you want process details)? – Stephen Kitt Jan 23 '18 at 08:27 -
ps -u doesn't provide full process details, but ps -fu
does. Agree ps -fu is a best solution – user939407 Jan 24 '18 at 10:03 -
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Note that -e (show all processes) overrides -u and makes it be ignored.
I was passing -e all the time without knowing what the option does, because I usually used ps -ef, and that made -u not work.
So if you want full listing you can keep the -f:
ps -fu USERNAME
Tested on Ubuntu 22.10,
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ps -u username. Most commands have a manual page which you can read withman the-command. – Stéphane Chazelas Aug 04 '13 at 09:03