Question

Which option is used by ps command to get a detailed listing of process attributes?

(a) -u

(b) -f

(c) -l

(d) -x

The question was asked in an internship interview.

I would like to ask this question from Process Status:ps Command and Phases of a Process topic in division The Process of Unix

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) -f

For explanation: ps is a highly variant command; its actual output varies across different flavours. To get a detailed listing of process attributes along with PPID and owner (UID), we have to use the -f option with ps command. For example,