Linux find process by name

You can find a process by its name in Linux using the ps and grep commands.

Here’s an example of how to find a process by its name:

ps -ef | grep process-name

The ps -ef command lists all running processes on the system, and the grep command filters the output to show only the lines that contain the string “process-name”.

You can also use the pgrep command to find a process by its name:

pgrep process-name

The pgrep command will display the process IDs of all processes that match the name “process-name”.

Note: The grep and pgrep commands are case-sensitive, so you’ll need to specify the name of the process exactly as it appears in the ps output.

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