Process Management Top Linux Commands

# Display your currently running processes
ps
# Display all the currently running processes on the system.
ps -ef
# Display process information for processname
ps -ef | grep processname
# Display and manage the top processes
top
# Interactive process viewer (top alternative)
htop
# Kill process with process ID of pid
kill pid
# Kill all processes named processname
killall processname
# Start program in the background
program &
# Display stopped or background jobs
bg
# Brings the most recent background job to foreground
fg
# Brings job n to the foreground
fg n