README.md

proctree

Get, display, or kill a processe tree

Install

`npm install -g proctree`

NOTE: this works on Mac/Linux/Unix environment which has default Unix commands pgrep, ps, and kill

Functions

• getProcessTree(pid) to get process tree information
• getPids(pid) to get process ids in an array
• show(pid) to see process trees in text format
• treeKill(pid) to kill all processes in the process tree

Usage With Bash Shell:

$ proctree 89982
  * 32034 node index.js
    * 32038 node node_modules/.bin/chromedriver --port=60397
      * 32039 /Users/allen.kim/github/webtest/node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver/ch ...
        * 32040 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome --disable-backgr ...
          * 32045 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/60.0.3112.113/Google Chrome ...
          * 32048 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/60.0.3112.113/Google Chrome ...
          * 32050 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/60.0.3112.113/Google Chrome ...

Usage With NodeJs Program

```
var proctree = require('proctree');
  
proctree.getProcessTree(pid); // to get process tree object
proctree.getPidse(pid);       // to get list of process ids
proctree.show(pid);           // to display process tree
```

NodeJS Example:

   > proctree.getProcessTree(32034)
   Process {
     pid: '32034',
     name: 'node index.js',
     level: 0,
     children:
      [ Process {
          pid: '32038',
          name: 'node node_modules/.bin/chromedriver --port=60397',
          level: 1,
          children: [Object] } ] }

   > proctree.show(32034)
    * 32034 node index.js
      * 32038 node node_modules/.bin/chromedriver --port=60397
        * 32039 /Users/allen.kim/github/webtest/node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver/ch ...
          * 32040 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome --disable-backgr ...
            * 32045 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/60.0.3112.113/Google Chrome ...
            * 32048 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/60.0.3112.113/Google Chrome ...
            * 32050 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/60.0.3112.113/Google Chrome ...

   > proctree.getPids(32034)
     [ [ '32034' ], [ '32038' ], [ '32039' ], [ '32040' ], [ '32045', '32048', '32050' ] ]

   > proctree.treeKill(32034)
     'killed 32050 32048 32045 32040 32039 32038 32034'