Man Pages in procps

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    Section 1: Executable programs or shell commands

    free.1
    Display amount of free and used memory in the system
    kill.1
    Send a signal to a process
    pgrep.1
    Look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
    pkill.1
    Look up or signal processes based on name and other attributes
    pmap.1
    Report memory map of a process
    ps.1
    Report a snapshot of the current processes.
    pwdx.1
    Report current working directory of a process
    skill.1
    Send a signal or report process status
    slabtop.1
    Display kernel slab cache information in real time
    snice.1
    Send a signal or report process status
    tload.1
    Graphic representation of system load average
    uptime.1
    Tell how long the system has been running.
    w.procps.1
    Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
    watch.1
    Execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
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    Section 5: File formats and conventions

    sysctl.conf.5
    Sysctl preload/configuration file
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    Section 8: System administration commands

    sysctl.8
    Configure kernel parameters at runtime
    vmstat.8
    Report virtual memory statistics