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# Installing Psmisc

## Installation of Psmisc

Install Psmisc by running the following commands:

> `sed "s/-ltermcap/-lncurses/" Makefile | make -f - &&`
> `make install`

## Contents

The Psmisc package contains the fuser, killall and pstree programs.

## Description

### fuser

fuser displays the PIDs of processes using the specified files or file systems.

### killall

killall sends a signal to all processes running any of the specified commands.

### pstree

pstree shows running processes as a tree.

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