ps command question who can i get ps to show a use

lancebermudez

how can i get ps to show a user say user with status pid ppid and only for user and not jonsmith or root

marc

lancebermudez wrote:

how can i get ps to show a user say user with status pid ppid and only for user and not jonsmith or root

man ps

You've got all the answers there.

Anywho... you mean something like this, don't you?

ps -U marc -u marc  -o pid,user,args

Regards

ben

...and to remove an user (or a list of users)

ps -U marc -u marc -o pid,user,args |grep -v "here the user you want to avoid"