HP-UX $ ps -eo pid,ppid,comm ps: illegal option -- o usage: ps [-edaxzflP] [-u ulist] [-g glist] [-p plist] [-t tlist] [-R prmgroup] [-Z psetidlist] AIX $ ps -eo pid,ppid,comm PID PPID COMMAND 1 0 init 78030 143498 xntpd : NetBSD $ ps -eo pid,ppid,comm PID PPID COMMAND 5908 16576 USER=tux LOGNAME=tux HOME=/home/tux PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/u 22789 5908 USER=tux LOGNAME=tux HOME=/home/tux PATH=/home/tux/bin:/usr/local/bin: Windows C:\Users\Tux>ps -eo pid,ppid,comm 'ps' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.