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Thanks! I've been using a tool called pstree for the same thing (I didn't even realize ps had such a feature). It looks like the ps utility on OS X doesn't supp

by raamdev 18y ago

Thanks! I've been using a tool called pstree for the same thing (I didn't even realize ps had such a feature). It looks like the ps utility on OS X doesn't support --forest though, so pstree is still useful there. http://freshmeat.net/projects/pstree/ http://freshmeat.net/projects/pstree/

Dobbs 18y ago
The --forest or as later mentioned the -f does not exist in the freeBSD version of ps (I'm assuming all bsd's). If my understanding is correct OSX uses the freebsd utilities so that would be your reason.