Processes

Processes[]

returns a list of currently running external processes started in this Wolfram Language session.

Details

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Get the list of running processes:

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Start the system shell process using StartProcess:

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Get the list of running processes, including the shell process that was just started:

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Start five system shell processes:

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Show the list of processes that were started using StartProcess:

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Kill all processes that were started using StartProcess:

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Check that all processes have actually finished:

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See Also

ProcessObject  StartProcess  KillProcess  ProcessStatus  Streams  Links  ExternalSessions  Devices  FileNames  Run  SystemProcesses

Introduced in 2014
(10.0)