Please explain this output of ps -ef command?

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                          A part of the output from the ps -ef command is given below :

    UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
    root         1     0  0  2012 ?        00:00:01 init          
    root         2     1  0  2012 ?        00:00:01 [migration/0]
    root         3     1  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    root         4     1  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [watchdog/0]
    root         5     1  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [events/0]
    root         6     1  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [khelper]
    root         7     1  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [kthread]
    root         9     7  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [xenwatch]
    root        10     7  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [xenbus]
    root        18     7  0  2012 ?        00:00:01 [migration/1]
    root        19     7  0  2012 ?        00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/1]

What does the  "?" for all the rows in the TTY column mean? Also what does C and CMD column stand for?


                        

Asked by Geek (6868 rep)

Jan 22, 2013, 04:23 PM
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Please explain this output of ps -ef command?

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