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How to get parent PID of a given process in GNU/Linux from command line?
Resolved before asked: cat /proc/1111/status | grep PPid
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How can I check the PID of a X-server in another virtual terminal?
I am trying to open a program in a naked X-server on a different virtual terminal.
I am using ubuntu 9.10.
The command I'm using is this.
openvt -f -s -- `X :2 & '/path/to/program' -display :2`;
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Where does the command "top" get its information from in linux?
Which files does the linux command "top" read from in order to build its table of data? Specifically, I'd like to be able to find the data for the "command" column based off of a PID.
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