O – On processor — the process is executing on the CPU in either user or system mode.
R – Runnable — the process is on a run queue and is running or runnable.
S – Sleeping — the process is waiting for a I/O event to complete.
Z – zombie — process, terminated but not reaped by its parent.
T – stopped — process has been stopped
X – dead — (should never be seen)
Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.
Latest posts by Rick Donato (see all)
- How to Configure a BIND Server on Ubuntu - March 15, 2018
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