You can get even more information from the ps command by modifying it with options:

The ps -a command prints information about all the processes most that are frequently requested by the user:

$ ps -a

PID TTY  TIME CMD
10153 console 0:03 cm
12892 console 0:01   sh
217  term/a    0:02  /usr/lib/lpsched
12932  pts/0 0:01   /bin/sh
13162 pts/7 0:08 admintool
10138 console 0:04 clock
10159 console 7:29  mailtool
10140 pts/1   0:05 cmdtool
10151 console 12:42   xnews
10614     pts/1   0:00   ps -a
10109   console  0:00  xinit
$      

The ps -e command prints information about every process now running.

The ps -f command generates a full listing of processes and includes headings for each column.

$ ps -ef

UID
PID
PPID
C
STIME
TTY
TIME
CMD
root 0 0 80 Jul 18 ? 0:04 sched
root 1 0 80 Jul 18 ? 2:52 /etc/init -
root 2 0 80 Jul 18 ? 0:01 pageout
root 3 0 80 Jul 18 ? 21:40 fsflush
root 80 1 80 Jul 18 ? 0:03 /usr/lib/saf