$ ps -fax Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.8/FAQ PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd] 3 ? S 0:03 \_ [ksoftirqd/0] 5 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:0H] 7 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/u:0H] 8 ? S 0:02 \_ [migration/0] 9 ? S 0:00 \_ [watchdog/0] 10 ? S 0:00 \_ [migration/1] 12 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:0H] 13 ? S 0:03 \_ [ksoftirqd/1] 14 ? S 0:00 \_ [watchdog/1] 15 ? S< 0:00 \_ [cpuset] 16 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khelper] 17 ? S 0:00 \_ [kdevtmpfs] 18 ? S< 0:00 \_ [netns] 19 ? S 0:00 \_ [bdi-default] 20 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kintegrityd] 21 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd] 22 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata_sff] 23 ? S 0:00 \_ [khubd] 24 ? S< 0:00 \_ [md] 28 ? S 0:36 \_ [kswapd0] 29 ? SN 0:00 \_ [ksmd] 30 ? SN 0:11 \_ [khugepaged] 31 ? S 0:00 \_ [fsnotify_mark] 32 ? S< 0:00 \_ [crypto] 40 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kthrotld] 42 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0] 43 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1] 44 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2] 45 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_3] 46 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_4] 47 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_5] 53 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kpsmoused] 54 ? S< 0:00 \_ [deferwq] 60 ? S< 0:01 \_ [kworker/1:1H] 152 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ttm_swap] 153 ? S 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_6] 154 ? S 0:00 \_ [usb-storage] 270 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:1H] 271 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kdmflush] 272 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kdmflush] 321 ? S 0:00 \_ [jbd2/dm-1-8] 322 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-unwrit] 347 ? S 0:00 \_ [flush-253:1] 362 ? S 0:00 \_ [kauditd] 409 ? S< 0:00 \_ [iprt] 550 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kvm-irqfd-clean] 605 ? S< 0:00 \_ [hd-audio0] 608 ? S< 0:00 \_ [hd-audio1] 647 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kdmflush] 656 ? S 0:00 \_ [jbd2/sda1-8] 658 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-unwrit] 672 ? S 0:03 \_ [flush-253:2] 685 ? S 0:04 \_ [jbd2/dm-2-8] 686 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ext4-dio-unwrit] 878 ? S< 0:00 \_ [rpciod] 14664 ? S 0:49 \_ [kworker/u:0] 17312 ? S 0:01 \_ [kworker/1:2] 17915 ? S 0:15 \_ [kworker/u:2] 18078 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:2] 18095 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:0] 18239 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:0] 18247 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:1] 18406 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/1:3] 18407 ? S 0:00 \_ [kworker/0:1] 1 ? Ss 0:06 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd 361 ? Ss 0:06 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald 363 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/lib/udev/udevd 15033 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/udev/udevd 17916 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/udev/udevd 699 ? S