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pidtree
🚸 Cross platform children list of a PID.
Synopsis
This package is really similar to ps-tree but is faster,
safer and provides sub-children results.
Furthermore ps-tree is unmaintained.
Uuh, and a fancy CLI is also available!
Usage
var pidtree = require('pidtree')
// Get childs of current process
pidtree(process.pid, function (err, pids) {
console.log(pids)
// => []
})
// Include the given pid in the result array
pidtree(process.pid, {root: true}, function (err, pids) {
console.log(pids)
// => [727]
})
// Get all the processes of the System (-1 is a special value of this package)
pidtree(-1, function (err, pids) {
console.log(pids)
// => [530, 42, ..., 41241]
})
// Include PPID in the results
pidtree(1, {advanced: true}, function (err, pids) {
console.log(pids)
// => [{ppid: 1, pid: 530}, {ppid: 1, pid: 42}, ..., {ppid: 1, pid: 41241}]
})
// If no callback is given it returns a promise instead
const pids = await pidtree(1)
console.log(pids)
// => [141, 42, ..., 15242]
Compatibility
Linux | FreeBSD | NetBSD | SunOS | macOS | Win | AIX |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✅ | ❓ | ❓ | ❓ | ✅ | ✅ | ❓ |
✅ = Working ❓ = Not tested but should work
Please if your platform is not supported file an issue.
CLI
Show a tree of the processes inside your system inside your terminal.
npx pidtree $PPID
Just replace $PPID
with one of the pids inside your
system.
Or don’t pass anything if you want all the pids inside your system.
npx pidtree
To display the output as a list, similar to the one produced from
pgrep -P $PID
, pass the --list
flag.
npx pidtree --list
API
pidtree(pid,
[options], [callback]) ⇒
[Promise.<Array.<Object>>]
Get the list of children pids of the given pid.
Kind: global function
Returns:
Promise.<Array.<Object>>
- Only when the
callback is not provided.
Access: public
Param | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
pid | Number | String |
A pid. If -1 will return all the pids. | |
[options] | Object |
Optional options object. | |
[options.root] | Boolean |
false |
Include the provided pid in the list. Ignored if -1 is passed as pid. |
[callback] | function |
Called when the list is ready. If not provided a promise is returned instead. |
Related
- pidusage - Cross-platform process cpu % and memory usage of a PID
Authors
- Simone Primarosa - simonepri
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the license file for details.