> Hi, > Could you tell me please what the fields STAT and TIME mean in the PS > command output. I have read the man page without success. By example: > > $ ps lx > F UID PID PPID PRI NI VSZ RSS WCHAN STAT TTY TIME COMMAND > 0 6586 25443 25442 15 0 2392 1308 wait4 Ss pts/3 0:00 -bash > 0 6586 26079 25443 16 0 2332 680 - R+ pts/3 0:00 ps lx > > Thank > -Jean see man ps -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097