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pstree is a Linux command that shows the running processes as a tree.123 It is used as a more visual alternative to the ps command. The root of the tree is either init or the process with the given pid. It can also be installed in other Unix systems.

In FreeBSD, a similar output is created using ps -d,4 in Linux ps axjf5 produces similar output.

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Footnotes

  1. “Pstree Command in Linux”. linuxize.com. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2024-12-27. ↩

  2. James, Hayden (2023-12-11). “pstree command in Linux with examples”. LinuxBlog.io. Retrieved 2024-12-27. ↩

  3. “pstree Command in Linux with Examples”. GeeksforGeeks. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2024-12-27. ↩

  4. “ps(1)”. man.freebsd.org. Retrieved 2026-05-29. ↩

  5. “Ps(1): Report snapshot of current processes - Linux man page”. ↩