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Old 08-04-2003, 09:26 PM   #1
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finding pid with program name

Is there a way to find the pid using the process name? I have a process that shows up in the output of "w" that is idle, but I can't find the pid in order to kill it. Thanks
 
Old 08-04-2003, 09:38 PM   #2
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Use the "ps" command from procps package. "ps -C <command>" might do what you want. See "man ps" for more options.
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