pidof.1 560 B

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
  1. .Dd February 2, 2015
  2. .Dt PIDOF 1
  3. .Os ubase
  4. .Sh NAME
  5. .Nm pidof
  6. .Nd find the process ID of a running program
  7. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  8. .Nm
  9. .Op Fl o Ar pid1,pid2,...pidN
  10. .Op Fl s
  11. .Op Ar program...
  12. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  13. .Nm
  14. finds the process id's of the named programs and prints them to
  15. stdout.
  16. .Sh OPTIONS
  17. .Bl -tag -width Ds
  18. .It Fl o
  19. Tell pidof to omit processes with that process id. The special pid
  20. %PPID can be used to name the parent process of the pidof program.
  21. .It Fl s
  22. Single shot - this instructs the program to only return one process id.
  23. .El
  24. .Sh SEE ALSO
  25. .Xr killall5 8