{"id":"process-identification-kill","text":"Use top and ps aux to identify CPU/memory intensive processes. kill PID sends SIGTERM (15, graceful). kill -9 PID sends SIGKILL (forced). nice/renice adjust scheduling priority (-20 to 19).","truth_value":"IN","source":"repo:entries/2026/03/04/process-management.md","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[],"dependents":[],"metadata":{},"explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"process-identification-kill","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"}]}}