tldr/pages/common/pgrep.md

# pgrep

> Find or signal processes by name.
> More information: <https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/pkill.1.html>.

- Return PIDs of any running processes with a matching command string:

`pgrep {{process_name}}`

- Search for processes including their command-line options:

`pgrep --full "{{process_name}} {{parameter}}"`

- Search for processes run by a specific user:

`pgrep --euid root {{process_name}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00			`# pgrep`

pgrep: add more info link (#5446) 2021-03-15 18:29:40 +00:00			`> Find or signal processes by name.`
			`> More information: <https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/pkill.1.html>.`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Return PIDs of any running processes with a matching command string:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
pgrep: remove pkill example and correct tokens 2016-01-02 01:12:34 +00:00			`pgrep {{process_name}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
*: fix typos reported by Hunspell (#5848) Co-authored-by: marchersimon <50295997+marchersimon@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Seth Falco <seth@falco.fun> Co-authored-by: Patrice Denis <patricedenis@users.noreply.github.com> 2021-05-20 21:13:41 +01:00			`- Search for processes including their command-line options:`
Updating pgrep page Added parameters for searching by user and searching by complete command with parameters 2014-03-01 06:06:58 +00:00
pgrep: add more info link (#5446) 2021-03-15 18:29:40 +00:00			`pgrep --full "{{process_name}} {{parameter}}"`
Updating pgrep page Added parameters for searching by user and searching by complete command with parameters 2014-03-01 06:06:58 +00:00
pgrep: add more info link (#5446) 2021-03-15 18:29:40 +00:00			`- Search for processes run by a specific user:`
Updating pgrep page Added parameters for searching by user and searching by complete command with parameters 2014-03-01 06:06:58 +00:00
pgrep: add more info link (#5446) 2021-03-15 18:29:40 +00:00			`pgrep --euid root {{process_name}}`