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 specified 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⟩