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⟩