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Ubuntu – get parent PID (ppid) from child PID

Post author By anthony
Post date August 11, 2016
Categories In Ubuntu
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To get the parent(s) of a pid, run the following command, where “123” equals the child pid: ps -o ppid=123

Find command associated with PID (process id)

Post author By anthony
Post date September 3, 2015
Categories In Linux, Ubuntu
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To find the command / more information associated with a specific process id (PID), do the following: cat /proc/[pid]/cmdline