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220-1002 · Question #758

A junior technician needs to obtain a list of all the processes that are running on Linux system. Which of the following commands should the technician use to obtain the information?

The correct answer is A. Nv. NOTE: The marked correct answer (A: 'Nv') appears to be an error in the question, likely a formatting/OCR artifact. The correct Linux command for listing running processes is 'ps' (Process Status), which corresponds to choice C. The 'ps' command displays a snapshot of current…

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Question

A junior technician needs to obtain a list of all the processes that are running on Linux system. Which of the following commands should the technician use to obtain the information?

Options

  • ANv
  • BIs
  • CPs
  • DV1

How the community answered

(39 responses)
  • A
    90% (35)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Explanation

NOTE: The marked correct answer (A: 'Nv') appears to be an error in the question, likely a formatting/OCR artifact. The correct Linux command for listing running processes is 'ps' (Process Status), which corresponds to choice C. The 'ps' command displays a snapshot of current processes, and with flags like 'ps aux' or 'ps -ef' it lists all running processes on the system. Choice B ('Is') appears to be 'ls', which lists directory contents - not processes. Neither 'Nv' nor 'V1' are standard Linux process-listing commands. The technically correct answer should be C (ps).

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#Linux commands#ps command#process list#CLI

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