Georges Heinesch writes:
> While saying 'ps -j', I get the following (shortened):
> 
> USER       PID  PPID  PGID   SESS JOBC STAT TT       TIME COMMAND
> root       244   241   244 6c0ac0    0 Is+  p0    0:00.35 -csh (tcsh)
> root       242   233   242 6c02a0    0 Ss   p1    0:00.42 -csh (tcsh)
> root       220     1   220 6c10c0    0 Is   e5    0:00.58 -tcsh (tcsh)
> 
> 1. What does the dash ('-') in front of the csh mean?

 That it's a login shell.

> 2. What does the shell in brackets mean?

 The name of the command that was invoked, as opposed to the name it
 was invoked with.

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