NAME
ncps - (ncurses process status) shows and kills processes
SYNOPSIS
ncps [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the ncps command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
ncps is an interactive user-friendly process manager for GNU/Linux console with ncurses UI. It is similar to gitps and kim (<http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/kim/>). It lists processes with different sorting opportunities, and allows easy killing of processes.
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
OPTIONS
This program supports the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes, as well as the short Unix options with a single dash. A summary of options is included below.
- -a, --all
-
Display all processes.
- -h, --help
-
Show summary of options.
- -t, --tree
-
Start in tree view mode.
- -u, --user <user>
-
Display processes owned by user <user>.
KEYS
Within ncps the keyboard shortcut `h' opens a help window which can be quit with `q'. You can scroll through the process list by using the up and down arrow keys. Pressing `k' kills the highlighted process. If this should not kill the process, press `c' and then at the prompt enter the command `kill -9 <PID>'.
- [123456]
-
Sort by corresponding column.
- r
-
Refresh.
- k
-
Kill processes.
- t
-
Toggle kill signal.
- q
-
Quit (ncps or help window).
- 0
-
Toggle tree view on/off.
- s
-
Search.
- LEFT
-
Back one screen.
- e
-
Expand/collapse all.
- ENTER
-
Expand/collapse.
- c
-
Issue command.
- a
-
Select all.
- C
-
Clear all selections.
- R
-
Revert selections.
- m
-
Monitor selected processes.
- TAB
-
Cancel.
- f
-
Find.
- g
-
Find again.
- h
-
Opens a help window with these shortcuts.
SEE ALSO:
ps(1), git(1), proc(5), top(1), kim(1), free(1), kill(1), uptime(1).
Word-Wide-Web:
http://www.columbia.edu/~pc171/ncps.html
AUTHOR:
Ping-Shun Chan `Mao'
e-mail: [email protected]
This manual page was written by Dr. Guenter Bechly <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It is distributed under the GPL just like ncps itself.
BUGS:
See the file BUGS in the distribution.