have to program to get process ID?

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

Yes.
Command is
"ps -ef"

You can get help on ps(process status) command thru manual page of "ps"
by "man ps".

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get the process ID without programming.

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Why did you post this in the C Programming forum then?

Too stupid, couldn't find the linux forum, or a search engine. Must be an Ubuntu user.


Quzah.

Hi quzah,

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Originally Posted by quzah

Too stupid, couldn't find the linux forum, or a search engine. Must be an Ubuntu user.


Quzah.

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What means "Ubuntu"?


regards,
George

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Originally Posted by George2

What means "Ubuntu"?

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Yeah... he's either an Ubuntu user or a wiseass.

Hi itsme86,

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Originally Posted by itsme86

Why did you post this in the C Programming forum then?

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Because I want to find a non-programming way, I think programming forum guys should know non-programming way to do the same thing. :-)


regards,
George

Hi SlyMaelstrom,

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Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

Yeah... he's either an Ubuntu user or a wiseass.

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What means a wiseass?


regards,
George

Thank you Ken,

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Originally Posted by Ken Fitlike

Since this seems to be a non-programming question, moved to Tech.

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regards,
George

Hi maven,

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Originally Posted by maven

Yes.
Command is
"ps -ef"

You can get help on ps(process status) command thru manual page of "ps"
by "man ps".

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I have tried that "ps -ef" will list all the process, but I only want to get the current process ID of a shell script.


regards,
George

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Because I want to find a non-programming way, I think programming forum guys should know non-programming way to do the same thing.

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That is the most warped logic I've heard in awhile.

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Originally Posted by George2

I have tried that "ps -ef" will list all the process, but I only want to get the current process ID of a shell script.

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This is ridiculous.

Did you even try google? I know close to nothing about Linux. But just found the answer. I won't share it though. Do yourself (really, yourself) a big favor and try to answer your own question before wasting everybody else's time.

The command would be
ps ax | grep "<script name>" | awk {'print $1'}