Hi # ps auxw | egrep "USER|rsync" root 5301 0.0 0.0 10036 1280 ? Ss 01:13 root 5306 0.2 0.1 56212 31912 pts/0 S+ 01:14 root 5307 0.0 0.1 38052 29708 pts/0 S+ 01:14 root 5308 0.2 0.1 38312 29672 pts/0 S+ 01:18 root 5473 0.0 0.0 2660 592 ttyS1 R+ what does Ss and S+ and R+ mean in stat column in ps command Thanks and Regards Kaushal