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macOS command line tool for capturing the execution of an entire process tree? [closed]
I'm looking for a tool for capturing the execution of an entire process tree, like this:
# tracetree: https://github.com/luser/tracetree , linux only, sadly
$ tracetree /bin/bash -c '/bin/sleep 1; /...
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macOS: pkill a specific process without sudo?
Because of some recent bluetooth issues, I need to be able to run sudo pkill bluetoothd quite frequently, so I decided to create a shell script Shortcut to have on my menu bar for quick access. I ...
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Monitoring suspicious processes on macOS without Activity Monitor?
I've recently noticed my mac overheating and its fans ramping up after being left idle for a few minutes. What really makes me suspicious of it is that when I launch Activity Monitor to see what ...
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IS there anyway with which MACOS process permission levels can be set?
How do Apple maintains security levels of process on MAC OS?
Windows have low, medium, high integrity levels for process, how do we maintain process level security on MAC OS?
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How to show docker container process on Mac Os
Docker processes running in a container should be visible on the host as well.
When I run docker top on one of my container I see the pid of the process which is supposed to run on the host, but I ...
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macOS: Intercepting program execution
I want to intercept an execution of arbitrary executable. Suppose there is a binary /usr/bin/binary. Whenever somebody launches that binary, I want to start my own executable instead. From it I want ...
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How to prevent Mac from stopping long-running processes when I leave laptop on overnight
I have a batch upload script that is making a bunch of API calls to the web that I want running continuously overnight without interruption so it can make more progress while I'm asleep.
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What it the WindowServer process for in macOS?
I'm not to familiar with operating systems but I would assume that
kernel_task ran by root is my core operating system in macOS.
I'm curious to what WindowServer being run by _windowserver is; and ...
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Keep Mac running until process complete with display off?
I'm running archive utility on an iMac to extract thousands of files so it takes a long time. I will also be running a process in a program called R Studio that may take several days to complete. I ...
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Do tabs in Apple Safari get their own processes?
It appears they do when I pull up the process manager ...
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On macOS how to close (kill) all terminal processes(windows)?
Using macOS sierra, i am searching for a command with which i can close/kill all opened terminal windows (processes).
Also it should killing all processes opened by this terminals...
Why pkill ...
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How should I interpret the Activity Monitor "Open Files and Ports" output?
I'm trying to debug a file descriptor leak in a program. I'm looking at Activity Monitor's "Open Files and Ports" window in hopes of gleaning some information.
I see several types of entries. Here's ...
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On macOS why "ps" always shows session id as "0"
I noticed it when running ps on different terminal sessions...
I don't really understand why? Also, when killing the -zsh process, so the interactive login shell, I noticed every of its children are ...
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What is mac process 'wirelessproxd'
A process called wirelessproxd is running on port 80 in my mac. What does this process mean? This also does not have any information on it. Any help is appreciated.
OS - OSX Yosemite 10.10.5
I ...
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What process get killed when I do `ctrl + c`?
My vague and intuitive understanding is that Ctrl+C kills the process that is currently running on the selected window.
I am getting confused though typically about the difference of what process get ...
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