have to program to get process ID?

George2 · 08-23-2006, 03:01 AM

Hello everyone,

On Linux platform, if I want to get current process (for example, a shell script), are there any ways (for example, a command) to get the process ID without programming.

regards,
George

BiThian · 08-23-2006, 03:20 AM

"man ps" or (h)top
Try this: ps -e | grep name_process

George2 · 08-23-2006, 08:04 AM

Thank you BiThian,

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiThian

"man ps" or (h)top
Try this: ps -e | grep name_process

regards,
George

pwc101 · 08-23-2006, 08:08 AM

pgrep and pkill are also worth looking into. From the manpage:

Quote:

NAME
pgrep, pkill - look up or signal processes based on name and other
attributes

xhi · 08-23-2006, 08:11 AM

i usually do a

`ps aux`

chrism01 · 08-24-2006, 02:05 AM

pid=$$
and some more text to avoid 10 char min limit in post; sigh ....

kshkid · 08-24-2006, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

pid=$$
and some more text to avoid 10 char min limit in post; sigh ....

and that $$ - is valid only for the current working shell