How To Use ps, kill, and nice to Manage Processes in Linux

A Linux server, like any modern computer, runs multiple applications. These are referred to and managed as individual processes. While Linux will handle the low-level, behind-the-scenes management in a process’s life-cycle – i.e., startup, shutdown, memory allocation, and so on – you will need a way of interacting with the operating system to manage them from a higher level. In this guide, you will learn some fundamental aspects of process management. Linux provides a number of standard, built-in tools for this purpose. You will explore these ideas in a Ubuntu 20.04 environment, but any modern Linux distribution will operate in a similar way. Commands Used top sudo apt install htop htop ps ps aux ps aux | grep bash pgrep bash pgrep init kill PID kill -KILL PID sudo kill -HUP PID kill -l pkill -9 ping kill -9 `pgrep ping` killall APPNAME top nice -n 15 command_to_execute renice 0 PID Useful Links VPS/VDS - https://www.mivocloud.com/