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<sect2><title>Contents of Procps</title>

<!-- <para>(Last checked against version &procps-contversion;.)</para> -->

<para>The Procps package provides programs to monitor and
halt system processes. Procps gathers information about
processes via the <filename>/proc</filename> directory.</para>

<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: free, kill, pgrep, pkill,
pmap, ps, skill, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w and watch</para>

<para><emphasis>Installed library</emphasis>: libproc.so</para>

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