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.. _ps:
Processes List
==============
Compact view:
.. image:: ../_static/processlist.png
Full view:
.. image:: ../_static/processlist-wide.png
Filtered view:
.. image:: ../_static/processlist-filter.png
Extended view:
.. image:: ../_static/processlist-extended.png
The process view consists of 3 parts:
- Processes summary
- Monitored processes list (optional, only in standalone mode)
- Extended stats for the selected process (optional)
- Processes list
The processes summary line displays:
- Total number of tasks/processes (aliases as total in the Glances API)
- Number of threads
- Number of running tasks/processes
- Number of sleeping tasks/processes
- Other number of tasks/processes (not in running or sleeping states)
- Sort key for the process list
By default, or if you hit the ``a`` key, the processes list is
automatically sorted by:
- ``CPU``: if there is no alert (default behavior)
- ``CPU``: if a CPU or LOAD alert is detected
- ``MEM``: if a memory alert is detected
- ``DISK I/O``: if a CPU iowait alert is detected
You can also set the sort key in the UI:
- by clicking on left and right arrows
- by clicking on the following shortcuts or command line option:
.. list-table:: Title
:widths: 10 30 30
:header-rows: 1
* - Shortcut
- Command line option
- Description
* - a
- Automatic sort
- Default sort
* - c
- --sort-processes cpu_percent
- Sort by CPU
* - e
- N/A
- Pin the process and display extended stats
* - i
- --sort-processes io_counters
- Sort by DISK I/O
* - j
- --programs
- Accumulate processes by program (extended stats disable in this mode)
* - m
- --sort-processes memory_percent
- Sort by MEM
* - p
- --sort-processes name
- Sort by process name
* - t
- --sort-processes cpu_times
- Sort by CPU times
* - u
- --sort-processes username
- Sort by process username
The number of processes in the list is adapted to the screen size.
Columns display
---------------
.. list-table:: Title
:widths: 10 60
:header-rows: 0
* - ``CPU%``
- Command line option
- % of CPU used by the process
If Irix/Solaris mode is off ('0' key), the value
is divided by logical core number
========================= ==============================================
``CPU%`` % of CPU used by the process
If Irix/Solaris mode is off ('0' key), the value
is divided by logical core number
``MEM%`` % of MEM used by the process (RES divided by
the total RAM you have)
``VIRT`` Virtual Memory Size
The total amount of virtual memory used by the
process. It includes all code, data and shared
libraries plus pages that have been swapped out
and pages that have been mapped but not used.
Virtual memory is usually much larger than physical
memory, making it possible to run programs for which
the total code plus data size is greater than the amount
of RAM available.
Most of the time, this is not a useful number.
``RES`` Resident Memory Size
The non-swapped physical memory a process is
using (what's currently in the physical memory).
``PID`` Process ID (column is replaced by NPROCS in accumulated mode)
``USER`` User ID
``THR`` Threads number of the process
``TIME+`` Cumulative CPU time used by the process
``NI`` Nice level of the process
``S`` Process status
The status of the process:
- ``R``: running or runnable (on run queue)
- ``S``: interruptible sleep (waiting for an event)
- ``D``: uninterruptible sleep (usually I/O)
- ``Z``: defunct ("zombie") process
- ``T``: traced by job control signal
- ``t``: stopped by debugger during the tracing
- ``X``: dead (should never be seen)
``R/s`` Per process I/O read rate in B/s
``W/s`` Per process I/O write rate in B/s
``COMMAND`` Process command line or command name
User can switch to the process name by
pressing on the ``'/'`` key
========================= ==============================================
Process filtering
-----------------
It's possible to filter the processes list using the ``ENTER`` key.
Filter syntax is the following (examples):
- ``python``: Filter processes name or command line starting with
*python* (regexp)
- ``.*python.*``: Filter processes name or command line containing
*python* (regexp)
- ``username:nicolargo``: Processes of nicolargo user (key:regexp)
- ``cmdline:\/usr\/bin.*``: Processes starting by */usr/bin*
Extended info
-------------
.. image:: ../_static/processlist-top.png
In standalone mode, additional information are provided for the top
process:
========================= ==============================================
``CPU affinity`` Number of cores used by the process
``Memory info`` Extended memory information about the process
For example, on Linux: swap, shared, text,
lib, data and dirty
``Open`` The number of threads, files and network
sessions (TCP and UDP) used by the process
``IO nice`` The process I/O niceness (priority)
========================= ==============================================
The extended stats feature can be enabled using the
``--enable-process-extended`` option (command line) or the ``e`` key
(curses interface).
In curses/standalone mode, you can select a process using ``UP`` and ``DOWN`` and press:
- ``k`` to kill the selected process
.. note::
Limit for CPU and MEM percent values can be overwritten in the
configuration file under the ``[processlist]`` section. It is also
possible to define limit for Nice values (comma-separated list).
For example: nice_warning=-20,-19,-18
Accumulated per program — key 'j'
---------------------------------
When activated ('j' hotkey or --programs option in the command line), processes are merged
to display which programs are active. The columns show the accumulated cpu consumption, the
accumulated virtual and resident memory consumption, the accumulated transferred data I/O.
The PID columns is replaced by a NPROCS column which is the number of processes.
Export process
--------------
Glances version 4 introduces a new feature to export specifics processes. In order to use this
feature, you need to use the export option in the processlist section of the Glances configuration
file or the --export-process-filter option in the command line.
The export option is one of the following:
- a comma separated list of process names or regular expressions
- a single Glances filter (see above)
Example number one, export all processes with the name 'python':
.. code-block:: ini
[processlist]
export=.*python.*
Note: or the --export-process-filter ".*python.*" option in the command line.
Example number two, export all processes with the name 'python' or 'bash':
.. code-block:: ini
[processlist]
export=.*python.*,.*bash.*
Note: or the --export-process-filter ".*python.*,.*bash.*" option in the command line.
Example number three, export all processes belong to the user 'nicolargo':
.. code-block:: ini
[processlist]
export=username:nicolargo
Note: or the --export-process-filter "username:nicolargo" option in the command line.
The output of the export use the PID as the key (for example if you want to export firefox process
to a CSV file):
Configuration file (glances.conf):
.. code-block:: ini
[processlist]
export=.*firefox.*
Note: or the --export-process-filter ".*firefox.*" option in the command line.
Command line example:
.. code-block:: bash
glances -C ./conf/glances.conf --export csv --export-csv-file /tmp/glances.csv --disable-plugin all --enable-plugin processlist --quiet
the result will be:
.. code-block:: csv
timestamp,845992.memory_percent,845992.status,845992.num_threads,845992.cpu_timesuser,845992.cpu_timessystem,845992.cpu_timeschildren_user,845992.cpu_timeschildren_system,845992.cpu_timesiowait,845992.memory_inforss,845992.memory_infovms,845992.memory_infoshared,845992.memory_infotext,845992.memory_infolib,845992.memory_infodata,845992.memory_infodirty,845992.name,845992.io_counters,845992.nice,845992.cpu_percent,845992.pid,845992.gidsreal,845992.gidseffective,845992.gidssaved,845992.key,845992.time_since_update,845992.cmdline,845992.username,total,running,sleeping,thread,pid_max
2024-04-03 18:39:55,3.692938041968513,S,138,1702.88,567.89,1752.79,244.18,0.0,288919552,12871561216,95182848,856064,0,984535040,0,firefox,1863281664,0,0.5,845992,1000,1000,1000,pid,2.2084147930145264,/snap/firefox/3836/usr/lib/firefox/firefox,nicolargo,403,1,333,1511,0
2024-04-03 18:39:57,3.692938041968513,S,138,1702.88,567.89,1752.79,244.18,0.0,288919552,12871561216,95182848,856064,0,984535040,0,firefox,1863281664,0,0.5,845992,1000,1000,1000,pid,2.2084147930145264,/snap/firefox/3836/usr/lib/firefox/firefox,nicolargo,403,1,333,1511,0
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