On Unix/Linux systems, there are quite a few commands that can provide insights into the processes that are running, the resources those processes use, and the users responsible for them. Some of ...

Terminating processes on Unix systems is not quite an art, but there are sure a lot more options for how to select and terminate Unix processes than there are ways to skin a cat. In this post, we take ...

In the business world, Unix computers are typically used for server applications and high-end graphics workstations, such as those used in creating computer graphics. Even if you're not a system ...

Linux tip: Many users are all too familiar with using Ctrl+Alt+Del (or, on a Mac, Cmd+Opt+Esc) to kill unresponsive processes. There isn't a comparable keyboard shortcut for Linux by default, but a ...

Some CSIL Unix users experience either very slow response time from their system or applications that simply stop responding to user input. Slow response time from the system can be an indication of ...

The Linux operating system is powerful and flexible, able to run in several different modes of operation called run levels. When a Linux system starts, a function called "init" is used to configure ...

A reader recently asked how he could most easily terminate processes that were left running after his users had logged off a system. The processes in question were apparently consuming resources ...

The execution of threads and processes can be monitored by analyzing process statistics such as CPU and memory usage, which are displayed by commands such as ps and top. The commands used to obtain ...

Think it's complex to connect your Python program to the UNIX shell? Think again! In past articles, I've looked into concurrency in Python via threads (see "Thinking Concurrently: How Modern Network ...