pidof

pidof

The pidof command in Linux is used to find the process ID (PID) of a running process. The PID is a unique number that identifies each process on the system.

The syntax for the pidof command is:

pidof [options] [process_name]

The process_name argument is the name of the process you want to find the PID for. The options argument can be used to control the output of the pidof command.

Some of the most useful pidof options include:

• -a: List all PIDs for the specified process.

• -o: Only list the first PID for the specified process.

• -v: Print verbose output, including the process state.

For example, to find the PID of the process firefox, you would use the following command:

pidof firefox

This would return the PID of the firefox process.

To find all PIDs for the process firefox, you would use the following command:

pidof -a firefox

This would return all PIDs for the firefox process.

To only list the first PID for the process firefox, you would use the following command:

pidof -o firefox

This would return the first PID for the firefox process.

To print verbose output for the process firefox, including the process state, you would use the following command:

pidof -v firefox

This would return verbose output for the firefox process, including the process state.

The pidof command is a useful tool for finding the PID of a running process. It can be used to kill processes, suspend processes, or resume processes.

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