pidof [-s] [-x] [-o omitpid..] program [program..] |
Return the process ID of a process which is running the program named on the command line.[1]
instructs the program to only return one pid.
causes the program to also return process id's of shells running the named scripts.
omits processes with specified process id.
| [1] | Need further investigation on the behavior of various implementations concerning whether program is a full pathname, the basename only, the program as named by argv[0], or what. |