Here are the different values that the s, stat and state output specifiers (header "STAT" or "S") will display to describe the state of a process.
CODE | Meaning |
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D | Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) |
R | Running or runnable (on run queue) |
S | Interruptible sleep (waiting for an event to complete) |
T | Stopped, either by a job control signal or because it is being traced. |
W | paging (not valid since the 2.6.xx kernel) |