ps | Txt

26 Dec

pstree Command

Shows a tree system processes


pstree

18 Sep

Displays linux tasks in a hierarchical mode


ps -e -o pid,args --forest

14 Dec

Create a command that will return the pid of the given command string..


#!/bin/sh
ps aux|grep  $1|head -n1|awk '{print$ 2}'

14 Sep

A better way to get the process id of an application. I recommend giving an alias for this command…


ps aux|grep firefox|awk '{print  $2 "\t\t"$ 12}'|head -n1

Replace firefox with the name of the application you are searching for.