bash commands search & displaying

##How to display all processes currently running

ps aux

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ps -> list snapshot of the current processes

a -> list all processes

u -> including all other users

x -> excluding processes that are TTYs (anything that is a psuedo terminal)

##How to search for a pattern that occurs in the current directory and its sub directories

grep -nr searchPattern .

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grep -> prints lines matching a pattern

-n -> flag to print the line number of the file in which the pattern was found

-r -> read all files in its subdirectory, recursively

searchPattern -> your pattern you are trying to find

. -> this current directory