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Re:Unix command line conventions over time by spijdar on Saturday May 07, 2022 @10:44AM (#31294893)
In case you're curious, the differences basically stem from BSD and Solaris/POSIX having different command syntaxes, and GNU/Linux's ps command trying to implement both. `ps -ef` is the Solaris syntax, while `ps aux` is from BSD.
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Re:Unix command line conventions over time by kps on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:02PM (#31295707)
Almost. `ps ax` was original Unix form (BSD did add `u`, and later accepted `-` on the flags). `ps -ef` was AT&T System III and descendants.
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