Top "Pid" questions

In computing, the process identifier (normally referred to as the process ID or just PID) is a number used by most operating system kernels (such as that of UNIX, Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows) to (temporarily) uniquely identify a process.

How to list all background pids in bash

Either I am not able to phrase my search correctly or the answer is not easy to find!, but I …

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Get only PID from tasklist using cmd title

Desired output: 1234 Just the PID. Nothing else - no other characters, numbers, or symbols. I'm trying to run tasklist so …

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How to determine if a process ID exists

I'm using C# .NET 2.0. I need to determine if a PID exists. I came up with the following code: private …

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Python: module for creating PID-based lockfile?

I'm writing a Python script that may or may not (depending on a bunch of things) run for a long …

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Android: determinine my app's process ID?

Is there a way within a java app that's running under Android to determine that app's process ID ("PID")? The …

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ps aux | grep returns pid for itself too

I am using this command to get the process ID of another command: ps aux | grep 7000.conf | awk '{print $2}…

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How do I increase the /proc/pid/cmdline 4096 byte limit?

For my Java apps with very long classpaths, I cannot see the main class specified near the end of the …

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What is the maximum process Id on Windows?

What is the maximum process id I can get by calling DWORD GetProcessId(HANDLE) or DWORD GetCurrentProcessId()? It is not …

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How to get pids in one process group in Linux OS

I have one question on Linux pid things. How to get pids in one same group? It seems easy to …

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Getting pid and details for topmost window

Does anyone know how to get the PID of the top active window and then how to get the properties …

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