--- name: "lxc-ps" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "lxc" version: "0.8.0~rc1-8+deb7u2" release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/lxc-ps" --- # lxc-ps(1) list the processes belonging to a specific container. ## NAME lxc-ps - list the processes belonging to a specific container. ## SYNOPSIS **lxc-ps \[--name name\]** **\[--lxc\]** **\[ps option\]** ## DESCRIPTION **lxc-ps** is a wrapper tp ps command to report the name of lxc container associated to reported processes. The cgroup fs must be mounted before container creation, to be able to have **lxc-ps** to find the container associated to processes. The additionnal specified ps options must not remove the default ps header and the pid information, to be able to have the **lxc-ps** to find the container associated to processes. ## OPTIONS - *--name NAME* specify the container *NAME* to limit the output to the processes belonging to this container name. - *--lxc* limit the output to the processes belonging to all lxc containers. - **\[ps options\]** The **ps** options must be separated from **lxc-ps** options by the **--** parameter. ## EXAMPLE - **lxc-ps --name foo -- --forest** list all the processes belonging to container 'foo' and show dependencies. ## SEE ALSO [**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md), ## SEE ALSO [**lxc**(1)](/lxc/1.md), [**lxc-create**(1)](/lxc-create/1.md), [**lxc-destroy**(1)](/lxc-destroy/1.md), [**lxc-start**(1)](/lxc-start/1.md), [**lxc-stop**(1)](/lxc-stop/1.md), [**lxc-execute**(1)](/lxc-execute/1.md), [**lxc-kill**(1)](/lxc-kill/1.md), [**lxc-console**(1)](/lxc-console/1.md), [**lxc-monitor**(1)](/lxc-monitor/1.md), [**lxc-wait**(1)](/lxc-wait/1.md), [**lxc-cgroup**(1)](/lxc-cgroup/1.md), [**lxc-ls**(1)](/lxc-ls/1.md), [**lxc-ps**(1)](/lxc-ps/1.md), [**lxc-info**(1)](/lxc-info/1.md), [**lxc-freeze**(1)](/lxc-freeze/1.md), [**lxc-unfreeze**(1)](/lxc-unfreeze/1.md), [**lxc-attach**(1)](/lxc-attach/1.md), [**lxc.conf**(5)](/lxc.conf/5.md) ## AUTHOR Daniel Lezcano \