PROCS(1)

💖 PROCS(1) 💖

okay bestie, this is the PROCS(1) page from the User Commands section, and we're gonna get you comfy with procs 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

procs — a replacement for ps written in Rust.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

procs [OPTIONS] [KEYWORDS]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so procs is a command-line tool that provides an alternative to the ps command. That's the whole vibe: command-line process stuff, but not ps itself 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --and — Show processes that match all keywords.
• --or — Show processes that match any keyword.
• --nand — Hide processes that match all keywords.
• --nor — Hide processes that match any keyword.
• --watch — Enable watch mode for real-time updates.
• --watch-interval <second> — Set the update interval for watch mode.
• --tree — Display processes in a tree view.
• --sorta <column> — Sort processes in ascending order by the specified column.
• --sortd <column> — Sort processes in descending order by the specified column.
• --insert <column> — Insert a new column at the position of Slot or MultiSlot.
• --gen-completion — Generate shell completion files for supported shells.

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

Show all processes

procs

Search by non-numeric keyword

procs zsh

Search by numeric keyword

procs --or 6000 60000 60001 16723

Show Docker container name

procs growi

🌈 PAGER 🌈

On Linux and macOS, less is the default pager. If it's not available, more is used. The built-in pager can be used by configuring use_builtin. On Windows, the built-in pager is always used 🫶

💅 WATCH MODE SHORTCUTS 💅

If --watch or --watch-interval <second> option is used, procs automatically updates output like top. Keyboard shortcuts are available for control 👑

• n — Change the sort column to the next column
• p — Change the sort column to the previous column
• a — Change the sort order to ascending
• d — Change the sort order to descending
• q — Quit

⭐ RESOURCES ⭐

Project source code: https://github.com/dalance/procs 🔥

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xoxo, this page is source/version procs, dated 2026-06-26, and it's the PROCS(1) manual 💜