Timothy Ehlers tehlers320
BigOokie
/ pgrep-regex-example.txt
Last active
April 13, 2023 10:58
Use pgrep with regex patterns to identify specific processes and command line flags
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| Use the following pattern for `pgrep` to identify a running process that contains specific commandline parameters | |
| Note the following pgrep options are needed: | |
| -a, --list-full list PID and full command line | |
| -f, --full use full process name to match | |
| -c, --count count of matching processes | |
| To find a specific process with a specific commandline parameter use the following: | |
| pgrep -a -f "{processname}.*{commandline param}" |