# To list every process on the system:
ps aux
# To list a process tree
ps axjf
# To list every process owned by foouser:
ps -aufoouser
# To list every process with a user-defined format:
ps -eo pid,user,command
# Exclude grep from your grepped output of ps.
# Add [] to the first letter. Ex: sshd -> [s]shd
ps aux | grep '[h]ttpd'