Solutions Log » pid http://solutions.unixsherpa.com by Dan Reiland Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:28:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Create a pidof command to find PID numbers easily http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2009/10/07/create-a-pidof-command-to-find-pid-numbers-easily/ http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2009/10/07/create-a-pidof-command-to-find-pid-numbers-easily/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:30:44 +0000 Dan http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/?p=205 Most UNIX environments include the pidof command which is put to use whenever one needs to quickly determine, by name, the pid of a running program. Apple's Mac OS X lacks the pidof command, however, one may approximate its function with the following shell script:

#!/bin/sh
ps axc|awk "{if (\$5==\"$1\") print \$1}";

Save the script as /bin/pidof and be sure to set its executable bit:

chmod a+x /bin/pidof
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