Linux – ps command in ubuntu

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Can someone describe where the ps console command in linux gets a list of processes? It seems like anytime I run ps, the only processes that come up are bash and ps itself. Are there other commands that would give me a better list of processes so that I can "task manage" (sorry to borrow a Windows term) from console?
If it makes a difference, I'm using ubuntu 10.04
—update—
Thanks for the answers, now I'm curious about the difference between these different ps commands. ps axwww seems the most comprehensive, but ps aux seems to give more useful data (CPU and mem usage)

Best Answer

ps -aef to get a more comprehensive list.

ps axwww also works fine.

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