To check all of the processes that your are currently running type the following command at the Unix prompt:

ps

This display all of your running processes ID (PID), the type of process (TTY), the time it started (TIME) and the associated command (CMD)

To kill a runaway process type the following:

kill (the process ID number)

Other ps commands

ps ax Displays all system processes.

Ps c Displays the actual command name.

ps e Dispalys the enviornment as well as the command run.

ps w Will widen the output format.

ps –e Also displays all system processes.

ps –f Will produce a full list of your processes including the process start time.