Getting Application name from process name or pid

jarimany · 11-01-2012, 02:56 PM

I need help getting the application name from it's process name or pid.

The most I found is the process name, i.e "soffice" , but what I need is the application name, i.e. "Open Office", is there a way to do it in linux?

I don't mind using shell scripting, python or C / C++.

Thanks in advance

unSpawn · 11-01-2012, 03:26 PM

You could try query package management nfo if available / possible but AFAIK there is no distro-agnostic, foolproof way to accomplish that.

jarimany · 11-02-2012, 03:27 AM

I've tried with aptitude and I don't find how to relate the application name to the process name.
any idea?

I also would need to do the same with rpm

thanks

unSpawn · 11-02-2012, 06:43 AM

Code:

redhat() { rpm -qf "$1" --qf="%{name}\n"; }; debian() { dpkg -S "$1"; }
find /proc/[0-9]* -maxdepth 1 -type l -iname exe | while read ITEM; do 
 TARGET=$(readlink -f $ITEM); [ -z $TARGET ] || { redhat $TARGET; debian $TARGET; }
done