Linux Administration December 29, 2025 1 min read

Understanding Linux Process Management

Learn how Linux manages processes and how to control them effectively.

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Noor Al-Ahmad
Backend developer specializing in APIs
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Linux Process Management

Understanding processes is crucial for system administration.

Process States

  • Running (R) - Currently executing
  • Sleeping (S) - Waiting for event
  • Stopped (T) - Suspended
  • Zombie (Z) - Terminated but not reaped

Process Commands

# View processes
ps aux
# Kill process
kill -9 PID
# Nice value (priority)
nice -n 10 command
renice -n 5 -p PID

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