---
name: "ncps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncps"
version: "0.510-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ncps"
---

# ncps(1)

(ncurses process status) shows and kills processes

## 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)](/ps/1.md), [git(1)](/git/1.md), [proc(5)](/proc/5.md), [top(1)](/top/1.md), kim(1), [free(1)](/free/1.md), [kill(1)](/kill/1.md), [uptime(1)](/uptime/1.md).**

## Word-Wide-Web:

http://www.columbia.edu/~pc171/ncps.html

## AUTHOR:

*Ping-Shun Chan \`Mao'*\
 e-mail: pschan@math.ohio-state.edu

This manual page was written by Dr. Guenter Bechly \<gbechly@debian.org\>, 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.