find-process
With find-process, you can:
- find the process which is listening specified port
- find the process by pid
- find the process by given name or name pattern
We have covered the difference of main OS platform, including Mac OSX, Linux, Windows and Android (with Termux).
CLI
Install find-process as a CLI tool:
$ npm install find-process -g
Usage:
Usage: find-process [options] <keyword>
Options:
-V, --version output the version number
-t, --type <type> find process by keyword type (pid|port|name)
-p, --port find process by port
-h, --help output usage information
Examples:
$ find-process node # find by name "node"
$ find-process 111 # find by pid "111"
$ find-process -p 80 # find by port "80"
$ find-process -t port 80 # find by port "80"
Example:
Node API
You can use npm to install:
$ npm install find-process --save
Usage:
const find = require('find-process');
find('pid', 12345)
.then(function (list) {
console.log(list);
}, function (err) {
console.log(err.stack || err);
})
Synopsis
Promise<Array> find(type, value, [strict])
Arguments
type
the type of find, support: port|pid|namevalue
the value of type, can be RegExp if type is namestrict
the optional strict mode is for checking port, pid, or name exactly matches the given one. (on Windows,.exe
can be omitted)
Return
The return value of find-process is Promise, if you use co you can use yield find(type, value)
directly.
The resolved value of promise is an array list of process ([]
means it may be missing on some platforms):
[{
pid: <process id>,
ppid: [parent process id],
uid: [user id (for *nix)],
gid: [user group id (for *nix)],
name: <command/process name>,
bin: <execute path (for *nix)>,
cmd: <full command with args>
}, ...]
Example
Find process which is listening port 80.
const find = require('find-process');
find('port', 80)
.then(function (list) {
if (!list.length) {
console.log('port 80 is free now');
} else {
console.log('%s is listening port 80', list[0].name);
}
})
Find process by pid.
const find = require('find-process');
find('pid', 12345)
.then(function (list) {
console.log(list);
}, function (err) {
console.log(err.stack || err);
});
Find all nginx process.
const find = require('find-process');
find('name', 'nginx', true)
.then(function (list) {
console.log('there are %s nginx process(es)', list.length);
});
Contributing
We're welcome to receive Pull Request of bugfix or new feature, but please check the list before sending PR:
- Coding Style Please follow the Standard Style
- Documentation Add documentation for every API change
- Unit test Please add unit test for bugfix or new feature