Terminating processes on Unix systems is not quite an art, but there are sure a lot more options for how to select and terminate Unix processes than there are ways to skin a cat. In this post, we take ...

Some CSIL Unix users experience either very slow response time from their system or applications that simply stop responding to user input. Slow response time from the system can be an indication of ...

The /proc file system brings the processes on your Unix systems into view in some very useful ways, but only if you take the time to cd over to /proc and see all it can tell you. The /proc virtual ...

In the business world, Unix computers are typically used for server applications and high-end graphics workstations, such as those used in creating computer graphics. Even if you're not a system ...

A reader recently asked how he could most easily terminate processes that were left running after his users had logged off a system. The processes in question were apparently consuming resources ...

Think it's complex to connect your Python program to the UNIX shell? Think again! In past articles, I've looked into concurrency in Python via threads (see "Thinking Concurrently: How Modern Network ...