Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 1 & 2 > procps

\"The procps package contains a set of system utilities which providesystem information. Procps includes ps, free, skill, snice, tload, top,uptime, vmstat, w, and watch. The ps command displays a snapshot ofrunning processes. The top command provides a repetitive update of thestatuses of running processes. The free command displays the amounts offree and used memory on your system. The skill command sends aterminate command (or another specified signal) to a specified set ofprocesses.\"