Command-line tool

pstree

brew/pstree

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Show ps output as a tree

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install pstree

Linux

brew install pstree

Display a tree of all processes (rooted at init)

pstree

Display a tree of processes with PIDs

pstree -p

Display all process trees rooted at processes owned by specified user

pstree user

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