Task Fusion

Task Fusion is a system monitor created for Linux and mainly targets Ubuntu Machines. It has both a command-line and GUI edition.

Table of Contents

• Instructions
• Getting Started
• Usage
• Creators
• Special Thanks

Getting Started

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the taskfusion_gui directory.

2. Run the following command to make the taskfusion_gui executable:

   chmod +x taskfusion_gui

   This command will set the executable permission for the taskfusion_gui file, allowing it to be executed.

3. Once the taskfusion_gui file is made executable, you can choose to run it as a standalone entering the following command in the terminal:

   ./taskfusion_gui

4. Run the following command to make the taskfusion executable:

   chmod +x taskfusion

   This command will set the executable permission for the taskfusion file, allowing it to be executed.

Usage

To start taskfusion_gui as a standalone, run the following command:

./taskfusion_gui

To run the entire project, use the following command:

./taskfusion -ls 

This takes you to the home screen that shows all the processes, you can also access specific pages of the app from the app or from terminal using flags:-

1- you can filter by PID

./taskfusion -p <pid>

2- Similarly, by state

./taskfusion -s <state>

3- by CMD:

./taskfusion -c <cmd>

4- by GID:

./taskfusion -g <gid>

5- by ppid

./taskfusion -pp <gid>

6- To kill a process:

./taskfusion -k <pid>

7- To kill a process and its children:-

./taskfusion -kp <pid>

8- To pause a process:-

./taskfusion -pa <pid>

9- to resume:-

./taskfusion -r <pid>

10- to change priority:-

./taskfusion -cpr <pid priority>

11- to take a time stamped snapshot:-

./taskfusion -t

12- to kill processes exceeding certain CPU usage threshold:-

./taskfusion -kt <threshold>

13- to view the process tree

./taskfusion -tree

Creators

The creators of this project are Omar Elwaliely, Salma Aly, Muhammad El-Mahdi, and Salma Kaffafy of The American University in Cairo.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Dr. Amr El Kadi for supervising the project.