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PSLIST(1)		     General Commands Manual		       PSLIST(1)

NAME
     pslist -- control processes and their descendants

SYNOPSIS
     pslist [pid/name...]
     pslist -h | --help
     pslist -v | --version

     rkill [-SIG] pid/name...

     rrenice [+/-]pri pid/name...

DESCRIPTION
     The  pslist utility examines the list of current processes to find a speci-
     fied process and all its descendants.  A process may be specified either by
     name or by process ID.  If no arguments are given, pslist displays  a  list
     of the whole process tree.  For each process specified on the command line,
     pslist  outputs a line containing the process ID, the command name, and the
     PIDs of all the descendants (and their descendants, etc.).

     When invoked as rkill, this utility does not display information about  the
     processes,  but  sends  them all a signal instead.  If not specified on the
     command line, a terminate (SIGTERM) signal is sent.

     When invoked as rrenice, this utility does not  display  information  about
     the processes, but attempts to set their nice value instead.

RETURN VALUES
     The pslist utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
     pgrep(1), pkill(1)

HISTORY
     The pslist utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2000.

AUTHORS
     Peter Penchev <roam@ringlet.net>

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  June 1, 2009			       PSLIST(1)

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