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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
'\" te
.\" Copyright (c) 2002, Sun Microsystems, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copyright (c), 1980 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
-.TH PS 1B "May 26, 2006"
+.TH PS 1B "May 13, 2017"
.SH NAME
ps \- display the status of current processes
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ ps \- display the status of current processes
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
.LP
The \fBps\fR command displays information about processes. Normally, only those
processes that are running with your effective user \fBID\fR and are attached
-to a controlling terminal (see \fBtermio\fR(7I)) are shown. Additional
+to a controlling terminal (see \fBtermio\fR(7I)) are shown. Additional
categories of processes can be added to the display using various options. In
particular, the \fB-a\fR option allows you to include processes that are not
owned by you (that do not have your user \fBID\fR), and the \fB-x\fR option
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ Traced. Process stopped by a signal because parent is tracing it.
.RE
.SH OPTIONS
-.sp
.LP
The following options must all be combined to form the first argument:
.sp
@@ -167,9 +165,9 @@ children.
.ad
.RS 11n
Lists only process data associated with the terminal, \fIterm\fR. Terminal
-identifiers may be specified in one of two forms: the device's file name (for
-example, \fBtty04\fR or \fBterm/14\fR ) or, if the device's file name starts
-with \fBtty\fR, just the digit identifier (for example, \fB04\fR).
+identifiers may be specified in one of two forms: the device's file name (for
+example, \fBtty04\fR or \fBterm/14\fR ) or, if the device's file name starts
+with \fBtty\fR, just the digit identifier (for example, \fB04\fR).
.RE
.sp
@@ -235,7 +233,6 @@ process. This option must be supplied last.
.RE
.SH DISPLAY FORMATS
-.sp
.LP
Fields that are not common to all output formats:
.sp
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ previous (real) time.
\fB\fBNI\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 9n
-Process scheduling increment (see \fBgetpriority\fR(3C) and \fBnice\fR(3UCB)).
+Process scheduling increment (see \fBgetpriority\fR(3C) and \fBnice\fR(2)).
.RE
.sp
@@ -379,7 +376,6 @@ the parent, is marked <\fBdefunct\fR>\|; otherwise, \fBps\fR tries to determine
the command name and arguments given when the process was created by examining
the user block.
.SH FILES
-.sp
.LP
\fB/dev/tty*\fR
.sp
@@ -392,12 +388,10 @@ the user block.
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
.LP
\fBkill\fR(1), \fBps\fR(1), \fBwhodo\fR(1M), \fBgetpriority\fR(3C),
-\fBnice\fR(3UCB), \fBproc\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBtermio\fR(7I)
+\fBnice\fR(2), \fBproc\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBtermio\fR(7I)
.SH NOTES
-.sp
.LP
Things can change while \fBps\fR is running. The picture \fBps\fR gives is only
a close approximation to the current state. Some data printed for defunct