list of all executions in Linux

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Is it possible to find out all the programs getting executed in Linux. There will be many scripts and other executables getting launched and killed during the life time of a system and I would like to get a list of these (or a print while execuction start). I am looking for this to understand program flow in an embedded board.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '16 at 18:04

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Type ps aux in the terminal will give information about the processes(Started time, runtime), more information about keep track of processes

answered Feb 06 '16 at 18:04

Uy Hà

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That only displays information on processes that are currently running. – Feb 06 '16 at 18:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '16 at 18:09

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Take a look at ps -e and eventually crontab if you want to take that information periodically.

answered Feb 06 '16 at 18:09

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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There's a kernel interface which will notify a client program of every fork, exec, and exit. See this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8255487/5844347

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Feb 06 '16 at 18:39

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list of all executions in Linux

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