NAME

dtpstree - display a tree of processes

SYNOPSIS

dtpstree [options] [PID|USER]

DESCRIPTION

dtpstree shows running processes as a tree. It is a reimplementation of pstree from PSmisc for FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and possibly other modern BSD variants. It also works without /proc and will show the full set of processes in a jail even if init is not present.

OPTIONS

-a, --arguments

show command line arguments

-A, --ascii

use ASCII line drawing characters

-c, --no-compact

don't compact identical subtrees

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-H[PID], --highlight[=PID]

highlight the current process (or PID) and its ancestors

-G, --vt100

use VT100 line drawing characters

-k, --show-kernel

show kernel processes

-l, --long

don't truncate long lines

-n, --numeric-sort

sort output by PID

-p, --show-pids

show PIDs; implies -c

-t, --show-titles

show process titles

-u, --uid-changes

show uid transitions

-U, --unicode

use Unicode line drawing characters

-V, --version

show version information and exit

PID, --pid=PID

show only the tree rooted at the process PID

USER, --user=USER

show only trees rooted at processes of USER

AUTHOR

Written by Douglas Thrift <douglas@douglasthrift.net>.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at <http://code.douglasthrift.net/trac/dtpstree>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2010 Douglas Thrift

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

SEE ALSO

ps(1), kvm(3), kvm_getargv(3) or kvm_getargv2(3), kvm_getprocs(3) or kvm_getproc2(3).