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How do you identify a zombie process?

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Mar 15, 202617664 views
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When login through a terminal into my Ubuntu 9.10 Server, I see the following message: How can I identify this zombie process?

Error Output

=> There is 1 zombie process.

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Fix for: How do you identify a zombie process?

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Use the command. I almost always use . According to the docs, a "Z" in the column indicates a zombie process. Check the man pages:

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