GETPID(1)

📦 version 2.9.9.2, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 GETPID(1) — General Commands Manual 🎀

okay so real quick before we even start: this is a page from the General Commands Manual section, bestie, and it's about to be your new fave little helper 💖

✨ NAME ✨

getpid — stores getpid's process ID in a given environment variable, then executes a program 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

getpid [-E | -e] [-P | -p] var prog...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the whole vibe: getpid takes its own PID, stashes it in the var variable, and then exec(3)s into prog with all its arguments. That's it. That's the whole thing. Iconic behavior, honestly 👑

Couple of ground rules though, no cap:

  • var must be given without a dollar sign! Like, do not put a $ in front of it. 🙈
  • var must not contain =.

🧚 OPTIONS 🧚

  • -e — no autoimport. This is the default. 💤
  • -E — autoimport! Instead of exec(3)ing into prog..., it exec(3)s into importas -ui var var prog.... This substitutes var into the command line instead of putting it into the environment. Big difference, iykyk 🔥
  • -p — get the PID of the current process. This is the default. 💫
  • -P — use getpid's parent PID instead. Family drama 👀

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

emptyenv(1), envfile(1), exec(1), execline-cd(1), execline-umask(1), exit(1), export(1), fdblock(1), fdclose(1), fdmove(1), fdreserve(1), fdswap(1), getcwd(1), heredoc(1), piperw(1), posix-cd(1), posix-umask(1), redirfd(1), trap(1), tryexec(1), unexport(1), wait(1), withstdinas(1), exec(3)

This man page is ported from the authoritative documentation at: https://skarnet.org/software/execline/getpid.html 🌈

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

  • Laurent Bercot
  • Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> (man page port)
fr fr, that's the whole page. go forth and store those PIDs 🍓

and that's a wrap, bestie ✨ this one's Debian, dated March 13, 2022 💜

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