how to find a process running python code example
Example: check for process name from python
import psutil
def findProcessIdByName(processName):
'''
Get a list of all the PIDs of a all the running process whose name contains
the given string processName
'''
listOfProcessObjects = []
for proc in psutil.process_iter():
try:
pinfo = proc.as_dict(attrs=['pid', 'name', 'create_time'])
if processName.lower() in pinfo['name'].lower() :
listOfProcessObjects.append(pinfo)
except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied , psutil.ZombieProcess) :
pass
return listOfProcessObjects;