Some editorial changes so the man pages follow the standards.
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.\"
.\" Copyright 2000 Kjetil Torgrim Homme
-.\" 2017 Craig Small
+.\" 2017-2020 Craig Small
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
.\" (at your option) any later version.
.\"
-.TH PGREP "1" "2020-04-24" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH PGREP "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pgrep, pkill \- look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
.SH SYNOPSIS
context this option is disabled.
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exact\fR\fR
-Only match processes whose names (or command line if \-f is specified)
+Only match processes whose names (or command lines if \fB\-f\fR is specified)
.B exactly
match the
.IR pattern .
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR \fIfile\fR
-Read
-.IR PID 's
-from file. This option is perhaps more useful for
+Read \fIPID\fRs from \fIfile\fR. This option is perhaps more useful for
.B pkill
than
.BR pgrep .
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-logpidfile\fR
-Fail if pidfile (see -F) not locked.
+Fail if pidfile (see \fB\-F\fR) not locked.
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-runstates\fR \fID,R,S,Z,\fP...
Match only processes which match the process state.
.TP
\fB\-\-ns \fIpid\fP
Match processes that belong to the same namespaces. Required to run as
-root to match processes from other users. See \-\-nslist for how to limit
-which namespaces to match.
+root to match processes from other users. See \fB\-\-nslist\fR for how to
+limit which namespaces to match.
.TP
\fB\-\-nslist \fIname\fP,...
Match only the provided namespaces. Available namespaces:
.PD
.SH NOTES
The process name used for matching is limited to the 15 characters present in
-the output of /proc/\fIpid\fP/stat. Use the \-f option to match against the
+the output of /proc/\fIpid\fP/stat. Use the \fB\-f\fR option to match against the
complete command line, /proc/\fIpid\fP/cmdline.
.PP
The running
.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
.\"
-.TH PIDOF 1 "2019-09-21" "" "User Commands"
+.TH PIDOF 1 "2020-06-04" "" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
-pidof -- find the process ID of a running program.
+pidof -- find the process ID of a running program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pidof
.RB [ \-s ]
.RB [ \-c ]
.RB [ \-x ]
.RB [ \-o
-.IR omitpid[,omitpid..] ]
+.IR omitpid[,omitpid...] ]
.RB [ \-o
-.IR omitpid[,omitpid..].. ]
+.IR omitpid[,omitpid...]... ]
.RB [ \-S
.IR separator ]
.B program
-.RB [ program.. ]
+.RB [ program... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Pidof
finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints those
.IP "-S \fIseparator\fP"
Use \fIseparator\fP as a separator put between pids. Used only when
more than one pids are printed for the program.
-The \fI\-d\fR option is an alias for this option for sysvinit pidof
+The \fB\-d\fR option is an alias for this option for sysvinit
+.B pidof
compatibility.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.TP
.\" Licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
.\" Written by Albert Cahalan.
.\"
-.TH PMAP "1" "September 2012" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH PMAP "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pmap \- report memory map of a process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pmap
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIpid\fR [...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The pmap command reports the memory map of a process or processes.
+The
+.B pmap
+command reports the memory map of a process or processes.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-extended\fR
.BR ps (1),
.BR pgrep (1)
.SH STANDARDS
-No standards apply, but pmap looks an awful lot like a SunOS command.
+No standards apply, but
+.B pmap
+looks an awful lot like a SunOS command.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please send bug reports to
.UR procps@freelists.org
.\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998.
.\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License.
.\"
-.TH PS 1 2018-08-08 "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH PS "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.\"
.\" To render this page:
.\" groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 &
.B ps
displays information about a selection of the active processes. If you want
a repetitive update of the selection and the displayed information, use
-.IR top (1)
+.B top
instead.
.P
This version of
.B ps
is compatible with.
.P
-Note that "\fBps \-aux\fR" is distinct from "\fBps\ aux\fR". The POSIX and
-UNIX standards require that "\fBps\ \-aux\fR" print all processes owned by a
-user named "x", as well as printing all processes that would be selected by
+Note that \fBps \-aux\fR is distinct from \fBps\ aux\fR. The POSIX and
+UNIX standards require that \fBps\ \-aux\fR print all processes owned by a
+user named \fIx\fR, as well as printing all processes that would be selected by
the
.B \-a
-option. If the user named "x" does not exist, this
+option. If the user named \fIx\fR does not exist, this
.B ps
-may interpret the command as "\fBps\ aux\fR" instead and print a warning.
+may interpret the command as \fBps\ aux\fR instead and print a warning.
This behavior is intended to aid in transitioning old scripts and habits. It
is fragile, subject to change, and thus should not be relied upon.
.P
.SH "OTHER INFORMATION"
.TP
.BI \-\-help \ section
-Print a help message. The section argument can be one of
+Print a help message. The \fIsection\fR argument can be one of
.IR s imple,
.IR l ist,
.IR o utput,
if the parent process exits.
.PP
If the length of the username is greater than the length of the display
-column, the username will be truncated. See the \-o and \-O formatting
-options to customize length.
+column, the username will be truncated. See the \fB\-o\fR and \fB\-O\fR
+formatting options to customize length.
.PP
Commands options such as
.B ps \-aux
are not recommended as it is a confusion of two different standards.
According to the POSIX and UNIX standards, the above command asks to
display all processes with a TTY (generally the commands users are
-running) plus all processes owned by a user named "x". If that user
+running) plus all processes owned by a user named \fIx\fR. If that user
doesn't exist, then
.B ps
-will assume you really meant
-.RB """" ps
-.IR aux """."
+will assume you really meant \fBps aux\fR.
.SH "PROCESS FLAGS"
The sum of these values is displayed in the "F" column,
which is provided by the
(alias
.BR ucmd ", " ucomm ).
See also the
-.B args format keyword,
-the
+.B args
+format keyword, the
.B \-f
option, and the
.B c
ipcns IPCNS T{
Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to.
-See namespaces(7).
+See
+.IR namespaces (7).
T}
label LABEL T{
mntns MNTNS T{
Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to.
-See namespaces(7).
+See
+.IR namespaces (7).
T}
netns NETNS T{
Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to.
-See namespaces(7).
+See
+.IR namespaces (7).
T}
ni NI T{
numa NUMA T{
The node assocated with the most recently used processor.
-A -1 means that NUMA information is unavailable.
+A \fI\-1\fR means that NUMA information is unavailable.
T}
nwchan WCHAN T{
pidns PIDNS T{
Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to.
-See namespaces(7).
+See
+.IR namespaces (7).
T}
pmem %MEM T{
userns USERNS T{
Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to.
-See namespaces(7).
+See
+.IR namespaces (7).
T}
utsns UTSNS T{
Unique inode number describing the namespace the process belongs to.
-See namespaces(7).
+See
+.IR namespaces (7).
T}
uunit UUNIT T{
.\" Copyright 2004 Nicholas Miell.
.\" Based on the pmap(1) man page by Albert Cahalan.
.\"
-.TH PWDX "1" "June 2011" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH PWDX "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pwdx \- report current working directory of a process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR ps (1),
.BR pgrep (1)
.SH STANDARDS
-No standards apply, but pwdx looks an awful lot like a SunOS command.
+No standards apply, but
+.B pwdx
+looks an awful lot like a SunOS command.
.SH AUTHOR
.UR nmiell@gmail.com
Nicholas Miell
and thereby determine what are the "top" slab caches to display. The default
sort criteria is to sort by the number of objects ("o").
.PP
-The sort criteria can also be changed while slabtop is running by pressing
-the associated character.
+The sort criteria can also be changed while
+.B slabtop
+is running by pressing the associated character.
.TS
l l l.
\fBcharacter description header\fR
.IR /proc/slabinfo ).
Kernel 2.2 should be supported in the future.
.PP
-The slabtop statistic header is tracking how many bytes of slabs are being
+The
+.B slabtop
+statistic header is tracking how many bytes of slabs are being
used and is not a measure of physical memory. The 'Slab' field in the
/proc/meminfo file is tracking information about used slab physical memory.
.SH AUTHORS
.B base_reachable_time
and
.B retrans_time
-are deprecated. The sysctl command does not allow changing values of these
+are deprecated. The
+.B sysctl
+command does not allow changing values of these
parameters. Users who insist to use deprecated kernel interfaces should push values
to /proc file system by other means. For example:
.PP
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details."
-.TH SYSCTL.CONF "5" "2020-02-27" "procps-ng" "File Formats"
+.TH SYSCTL.CONF "5" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "File Formats"
.SH NAME
sysctl.conf \- sysctl preload/configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Note that blank lines are ignored, and whitespace before and after a token or
value is ignored, although a value can contain whitespace within. Lines which
-begin with a # or ; are considered comments and ignored.
+begin with a \fI#\fR or \fI;\fR are considered comments and ignored.
If a line begins with a single \-, any attempts to set the value that fail will be
ignored.
.\" -*-Nroff-*-
.\" This page Copyright (C) 1993 Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu.
.\" Freely distributable under the terms of the GPL
-.TH TLOAD "1" "June 2011" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH TLOAD "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
tload \- graphic representation of system load average
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tload
prints a graph of the current system load average to the specified
.I tty
-(or the tty of the tload process if none is specified).
+(or the tty of the
+.B tload
+process if none is specified).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-scale\fR \fInumber\fR
.\" This page Copyright (C) 1994 Henry Ware <al172@yfn.ysu.edu>
.\" Distributed under the GPL, Copyleft 1994.
-.TH VMSTAT 8 "September 2011" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
+.TH VMSTAT 8 "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
vmstat \- Report virtual memory statistics
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.SS
.B "Memory"
-These are affected by the \-\-unit option.
+These are affected by the \fB\-\-unit\fR option.
.nf
swpd: the amount of virtual memory used.
free: the amount of idle memory.
buff: the amount of memory used as buffers.
cache: the amount of memory used as cache.
-inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\-a option)
-active: the amount of active memory. (\-a option)
+inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\fB\-a\fR option)
+active: the amount of active memory. (\fB\-a\fR option)
.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "Swap"
-These are affected by the \-\-unit option.
+These are affected by the \fB\-\-unit\fR option.
.nf
si: Amount of memory swapped in from disk (/s).
so: Amount of memory swapped to disk (/s).
pages: Number of pages with at least one active object
.fi
.SH NOTES
-.B "vmstat "
+.B vmstat
does not require special permissions.
.PP
These reports are intended to help identify system bottlenecks. Linux
.\" -*-Nroff-*-
.\"
-.TH W "1" "May 2012" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH W "1" "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
w \- Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-no\-current\fR
Ignores the username while figuring out the
-current process and cpu times. To demonstrate this, do a "su" and do a "w"
-and a "w \-u".
+current process and cpu times. To demonstrate this, do a
+.B su
+and do a
+.B w
+and a
+.BR "w \-u".
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-short\fR
Use the short format. Don't print the login time, JCPU or PCPU times.
-.TH WATCH 1 "2020-05-12" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH WATCH 1 "2020-06-04" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
watch \- execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fIcommand\fR is run every 2 seconds and \fBwatch\fR will run until interrupted.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-differences\fR [\fIpermanent\fR]
-Highlight the differences between successive updates. Option will read
-optional argument that changes highlight to be permanent, allowing to see what
-has changed at least once since first iteration.
+.BR \-d ", " \-\-differences [ =permanent ]
+Highlight the differences between successive updates. If the optional
+\fB=permanent\fR argument is specified then
+.B watch
+will show all changes since the first iteration.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-interval\fR \fIseconds\fR
Specify update interval. The command will not allow quicker than 0.1 second
.B \-\-differences
highlighting is lost on that update as well.
-Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. Use "cat -v" as
+Non-printing characters are stripped from program output. Use \fBcat -v\fR as
part of the command pipeline if you want to see them.
Combining Characters that are supposed to display on the character at the
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