This episode provides a basic introduction to UNIX processes and a few ways to view them using the `ps` command.

This episode shows how the `top` command can display a system's process list in real time.

This episode shows how to access the help menu for the `top` command, and how that menu provides ways for sorting the output of the command as well as send specific signals to processes.

This episode shows how the `top` command allows output to be sorted by key name, such as cpu and many others.

This episode shows how the `top` command's output is updated every second by default, but that the interval for displaying the output can be changed.

This episode shows how to send a TERM or `terminate` signal to a process from the `top` command's user interface.

This episode shows how the `top` command can accept option arguments on the command line for a variety of features such as sorting output by key name, as well as how often in seconds the output should be updated.

This episode describes foreground processes and how they can be terminated or suspended using different key stroke combinations.

This episode shows how use the bash shell `jobs` builtin command for listing the active jobs on the system.

This episode shows how to use an ampersand symbol to run commands in the background.

This episode shows how to use the `bg` command to send running processes in the current terminal to the background.

This episode shows how to use the bash shell `fg` builtin command to bring background processes to the foreground.

This episode shows how to use the `kill` command to send signals to a process, which can be done using signal names or numbers, process ids or job specs.