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How to get ps to print group?

ps aux will print out something formatted according to the below. It shows the user that the process runs under. But is there a way to display the group that the process runs under?

USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
Solution

  • You can specify the desired format:

       o format
          Specify user-defined format.  Identical to -o and --format.

    For example, saying:

    ps o pid,group

    would print pid and group.

    Saying:

    ps o pid,group,gid

    would print pid, group and group ID.

    As per your comment, the following might work for you:

    ps o user,pid,%cpu,%mem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,comm,group,gid

    To see all processes:

    ps ax o user,pid,%cpu,%mem,vsz,rss,tty,stat,start,time,comm,group,gid