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diff --git a/man/pidof.1 b/man/pidof.1 index 9fb4df7..14e06da 100644 --- a/man/pidof.1 +++ b/man/pidof.1 @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA .\" -.TH PIDOF 1 "2020-12-22" "" "User Commands" +.TH PIDOF 1 "2023-01-16" "" "User Commands" .SH NAME -pidof -- find the process ID of a running program +pidof \- find the process ID of a running program .SH SYNOPSIS .B pidof .RB [ \-s ] @@ -29,32 +29,32 @@ pidof -- find the process ID of a running program .IR omitpid[,omitpid...]... ] .RB [ \-S .IR separator ] -.B program -.RB [ program... ] +.I program +.IB [ program... ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B Pidof finds the process id's (pids) of the named programs. It prints those id's on the standard output. .SH OPTIONS -.IP \-s +.IP \fB\-s\fP Single shot - this instructs the program to only return one \fIpid\fP. -.IP \-c +.IP \fB\-c\fP Only return process ids that are running with the same root directory. This option is ignored for non-root users, as they will be unable to check the current root directory of processes they do not own. -.IP \-q +.IP \fB\-q\fP Quiet mode, suppress any output and only sets the exit status accordingly. -.IP \-w +.IP \fB\-w\fP Show also processes that do not have visible command line (e.g. kernel worker threads). -.IP \-x +.IP \fB\-x\fP Scripts too - this causes the program to also return process id's of shells running the named scripts. -.IP "-o \fIomitpid\fP" -Tells \fIpidof\fP to omit processes with that process id. The special -pid \fB%PPID\fP can be used to name the parent process of the \fIpidof\fP +.IP "\fB-o\fP \fIomitpid\fP" +Tells \fBpidof\fP to omit processes with that process id. The special +pid \fB%PPID\fP can be used to name the parent process of the \fBpidof\fP program, in other words the calling shell or shell script. -.IP "-S \fIseparator\fP" +.IP "\fB-S\fP \fIseparator\fP" Use \fIseparator\fP as a separator put between pids. Used only when more than one pids are printed for the program. The \fB\-d\fR option is an alias for this option for sysvinit @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ At least one program was found with the requested name. No program was found with the requested name. .SH BUGS -When using the \fI\-x\fP option, +When using the \fB\-x\fP option, .B pidof only has a simple method for detecting scripts and will miss scripts that, for example, use env. This limitation is due to how the scripts look in @@ -79,4 +79,6 @@ the proc filesystem. .BR pgrep (1), .BR pkill (1) .SH AUTHOR -Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com> +.UR jcapik@redhat.com +Jaromir Capik +.UE |