diff --git a/doc/source/basicgameplay/terminal.rst b/doc/source/basicgameplay/terminal.rst
index e6aba8767..1ee640f24 100644
--- a/doc/source/basicgameplay/terminal.rst
+++ b/doc/source/basicgameplay/terminal.rst
@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@ empty file will be created.
 ps
 ^^
 
+    $ ps [-g, --grep pattern]
+
 Prints all scripts that are currently running on the current server.
+The :code:`-g, --grep pattern` option will only output running scripts where the name matches the provided pattern.
 
 rm
 ^^
diff --git a/src/Terminal/commands/ps.ts b/src/Terminal/commands/ps.ts
index e62f3fe3a..695d9a71d 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/commands/ps.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal/commands/ps.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ITerminal } from "../ITerminal";
 import { IRouter } from "../../ui/Router";
 import { IPlayer } from "../../PersonObjects/IPlayer";
 import { BaseServer } from "../../Server/BaseServer";
+import * as libarg from "arg"
 
 export function ps(
   terminal: ITerminal,
@@ -10,16 +11,40 @@ export function ps(
   server: BaseServer,
   args: (string | number | boolean)[],
 ): void {
-  if (args.length !== 0) {
-    terminal.error("Incorrect usage of ps command. Usage: ps");
+  let flags;
+  try{
+    flags = libarg({
+      '--grep': String,
+      '-g': '--grep'
+    },
+      { argv: args }
+    )
+  }catch(e){
+    // catch passing only -g / --grep with no string to use as the search
+    terminal.error("Incorrect usage of ps command. Usage: ps [-g, --grep pattern]");
     return;
   }
-  for (let i = 0; i < server.runningScripts.length; i++) {
-    const rsObj = server.runningScripts[i];
-    let res = `(PID - ${rsObj.pid}) ${rsObj.filename}`;
-    for (let j = 0; j < rsObj.args.length; ++j) {
-      res += " " + rsObj.args[j].toString();
+  const pattern = flags['--grep']
+  if (pattern) {
+    const re = new RegExp(pattern.toString())
+    const matching = server.runningScripts.filter((x) => re.test(x.filename))
+    for (let i = 0; i < matching.length; i++) {
+      const rsObj = matching[i];
+      let res = `(PID - ${rsObj.pid}) ${rsObj.filename}`;
+      for (let j = 0; j < rsObj.args.length; ++j) {
+        res += " " + rsObj.args[j].toString();
+      }
+      terminal.print(res);
+    }
+  } 
+  if(args.length === 0){
+    for (let i = 0; i < server.runningScripts.length; i++) {
+      const rsObj = server.runningScripts[i];
+      let res = `(PID - ${rsObj.pid}) ${rsObj.filename}`;
+      for (let j = 0; j < rsObj.args.length; ++j) {
+        res += " " + rsObj.args[j].toString();
+      }
+      terminal.print(res);
     }
-    terminal.print(res);
   }
 }