ps Data
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This is an example of data produced with the ps command, and this is the amount produced by a small workstation on 20 minutes.  

ps produces output which is full of good information, but it's not easy to interpret unless you know exactly what 
you're looking for.  

That's where Sarcheck comes in.
10:00:00 2002/04/26 (yyyy/mm/dd)
       F S      UID   PID  PPID   C PRI NI ADDR    SZ    WCHAN    STIME    TTY  TIME CMD
  200003 A     root     1     0   0  60 20  a0a   692          09:47:54      -  0:00 /etc/init 
  240001 A     root  2156  2614   1  60 20  d4c  5152 50032b10 09:48:21      -  0:00 /usr/lpp/X11/bin/X  
   40001 A     root  2614     1   0  60 20  140   384          09:48:20      -  0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon 
  240001 A     root  2908     1   0  60 20 16b7   308          09:48:35      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/srcmstr 
  240401 A     root  3130     1   0  60 20 1ab8   276 506a29a4 09:49:21      -  0:00 imqsmdem imqsrv.ini /etc/IMNSearch/dbcshelp/ 
   40001 A     root  3372  2614   0  60 20 1c5d   496 50685ce0 09:48:21      -  0:00 dtlogin <:0>        -daemon 
  240001 A      adm  3626     1   3  65 22  7c5   580          10:00:00      -  0:00 bsh /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1200 3 
  240001 A     root  3882  3372   0  60 20  382  1192          09:49:20      -  0:01 dtgreet 
  240001 A     root  4148     1   0  60 20  cad    96 50710098 09:48:32      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/syncd 60 
   40401 A     root  4392     1   0  60 20 18b9   456    ccd34 09:48:33      -  0:00 /usr/lib/errdemon 
  240005 A     root  4652  4990  13  70 22 17d5   484          10:00:00      -  0:00 sh /usr/local/bin/ps1 
  240001 A     root  4990     1   4  60 20  b6b   312          09:49:07      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/cron 
  240001 A     root  5186  2908   0  60 20  5e4   396          09:48:39      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpcd 
  240001 A     root  5430  2908   0  60 20 13f2   316          09:48:42      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd 
  240001 A     root  5676  2908   0  60 20 12f3   956          09:48:45      -  0:00 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25 
  240001 A     root  5934  2908   0  60 20 18f9   380          09:48:48      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/portmap 
  240001 A     root  6192  2908   0  60 20 16f7   328          09:48:51      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd 
  240001 A     root  6450  2908   0  60 20  705  1052          09:48:54      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd 
  240001 A     root  6708  2908   0  60 20 1311   616          09:48:57      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/dpid2 
  240001 A      adm  7488  3626   7  67 22 15d7   120          10:00:00      -  0:00 /usr/lib/sa/sadc 1200 3 /var/adm/sa/sa26 
  240001 A     root  7744  2908   0  60 20  220    96          09:49:01      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/biod 6 
  240001 A     root  8006  2908   0  60 20 1210   312          09:49:04      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.statd 
  240001 A     root  8264  2908   0  60 20  b29   120        * 09:49:07      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd 
  240401 A     root  8524     1   0  60 20  725    40   1fa13c 09:49:14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/uprintfd 
  240001 A     root  8776  2908   0  60 20   42   180 c0000100 09:49:11      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/qdaemon 
  240001 A     root  9038  2908   0  60 20 1153   228 7003fd14 09:49:14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/writesrv 
   40001 A     root  9292     1   0  60 20 1654   388        * 09:49:14      -  0:00 /usr/bin/AIXPowerMgtDaemon 
  240001 A     root 10580     1   0  60 20 1270   408 7007e844 09:49:17   lft0  0:00 /usr/sbin/getty /dev/console 
  340001 A   imnadm 10836     1   0  60 20  e6c   276 7003c114 09:49:17      -  0:00 /usr/IMNSearch/httpdlite/httpdlite
   40001 A     root 11100     1   0  60 20 187a   196          09:49:18      -  0:00 /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/diagd 
  240001 A     root 11366  4652   6  67 22   e2   240          10:00:00      -  0:00 ps -elf 
10:20:01 2002/04/26 (yyyy/mm/dd)
       F S      UID   PID  PPID   C PRI NI ADDR    SZ    WCHAN    STIME    TTY  TIME CMD
  200003 A     root     1     0   0  60 20  a0a   692          09:47:54      -  0:00 /etc/init 
  240001 A     root  2156  2614   0  60 20  d4c  5152 50032b10 09:48:21      -  0:01 /usr/lpp/X11/bin/X 
   40001 A     root  2614     1   0  60 20  140   384          09:48:20      -  0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon 
  240001 A     root  2908     1   0  60 20 16b7   308          09:48:35      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/srcmstr 
  240401 A     root  3130     1   0  60 20 1ab8   276 506a29a4 09:49:21      -  0:00 imqsmdem imqsrv.ini /etc/IMNSearch/dbcshelp/ 
   40001 A     root  3372  2614   0  60 20 1c5d   496 50685ce0 09:48:21      -  0:00 dtlogin <:0>        -daemon 
  240001 A      adm  3626     1   0  64 22  7c5   580          10:00:00      -  0:00 bsh /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1200 3 
  240001 A     root  3882  3372   0  60 20  382  1192          09:49:20      -  0:03 dtgreet 
  240001 A     root  4148     1   0  60 20  cad    96 50710098 09:48:32      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/syncd 60 
   40401 A     root  4392     1   0  60 20 18b9   456    ccd34 09:48:33      -  0:00 /usr/lib/errdemon 
  240001 A     root  4656  4990   8  65 22  5c7   484          10:20:00      -  0:00 sh /usr/local/bin/ps1 
  240001 A     root  4990     1   0  60 20  b6b   312          09:49:07      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/cron 
  240001 A     root  5186  2908   0  60 20  5e4   396          09:48:39      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/dhcpcd 
  240001 A     root  5430  2908   0  60 20 13f2   316          09:48:42      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd 
  240001 A     root  5676  2908   0  60 20 12f3   956          09:48:45      -  0:00 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25 
  240001 A     root  5934  2908   0  60 20 18f9   380          09:48:48      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/portmap 
  240001 A     root  6192  2908   0  60 20 16f7   328          09:48:51      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd 
  240001 A     root  6450  2908   0  60 20  705  1052          09:48:54      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd 
  240001 A     root  6708  2908   0  60 20 1311   616          09:48:57      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/dpid2 
  240001 A      adm  7488  3626   0  64 22 15d7   120 50710998 10:00:00      -  0:00 /usr/lib/sa/sadc 1200 3 /var/adm/sa/sa26 
  240001 A     root  7744  2908   0  60 20  220    96          09:49:01      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/biod 6 
  240001 A     root  8006  2908   0  60 20 1210   312          09:49:04      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.statd 
  240001 A     root  8264  2908   0  60 20  b29   120        * 09:49:07      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd 
  240401 A     root  8524     1   0  60 20  725    40   1fa13c 09:49:14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/uprintfd 
  240001 A     root  8776  2908   0  60 20   42   180 c0000100 09:49:11      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/qdaemon 
  240001 A     root  9038  2908   0  60 20 1153   228 7003fd14 09:49:14      -  0:00 /usr/sbin/writesrv 
   40001 A     root  9292     1   0  60 20 1654   452        * 09:49:14      -  0:00 /usr/bin/AIXPowerMgtDaemon 
  240001 A     root 10580     1   0  60 20 1270   408 7007e844 09:49:17   lft0  0:00 /usr/sbin/getty /dev/console 
  340001 A   imnadm 10836     1   0  60 20  e6c   276 7003c114 09:49:17      -  0:00 /usr/IMNSearch/httpdlite/httpdlite
   40001 A     root 11100     1   0  60 20 187a   196          09:49:18      -  0:00 /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/diagd 
  240001 A     root 11374  4656   5  66 22  6e4   240          10:20:01      -  0:00 ps -elf