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09-17-2010, 09:18 AM	#1
ge_shekhar LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2010 Posts: 16 Rep:	get process name by process id Hi there, I need a command to get the process name by process id. any help will be appreciated. Shekhar

09-17-2010, 09:26 AM	#2
AlucardZero Senior Member Registered: May 2006 Location: USA Distribution: Debian Posts: 4,824 Rep:	ps -ef \| grep PID ?

09-17-2010, 09:50 AM	#3
ge_shekhar LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2010 Posts: 16 Original Poster Rep:	Thnaks alukard

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