How to explore processes and threads on Linux

Build Procwell, labs on process trees and thread basics with ps, top, threads, /proc.

  • Difficulty Intermediate
  • Parts 10
  • Stack ps, top, threads, /proc

What you are learning

Procwell is labs on process trees and thread basics. The teaching focus is Processes (ps, top, threads, /proc).

Work in order. Early parts set vocabulary and environment; later parts assume the earlier checkpoints.

How to use these lessons

Read the goal, open the matching GitHub folder, complete the lab or exercises, then return for the explanation. If a command fails, check you are in the numbered folder first.

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Parts in order

Each chapter below is one checkpoint in this lab.