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From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
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Subject: Re: Should ps -p list threads?
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Craig Rodrigues wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> top -H can be used to list the different threads
> for a process.
> 
> Can something similar be done with ps?
> 
> If I just type ps, it lists multiple entries
> for each thread:
> # ps
>   PID  TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
> 61213  p6  SL+    0:00.03 ./a.out
> 61213  p6  SL+    0:00.03 ./a.out
> 61213  p6  SL+    0:00.03 ./a.out
> But if I specify the process ID, only one entry is displayed:
> 
> # ps -p 61213
>   PID  TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
> 61213  p6  S+     0:00.03 ./a.out
> 
> 
> Should there be a way for ps to be able to display
> threads for a specific pid?

Yes, I think so, but ps with no options should not list threads
by default.  It should take an option to _enable_ listing
threads (KSE's really).

-- 
Dan Eischen