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:

Start the system shell process using StartProcess:

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

Start five system shell processes:

Show the list of processes that were started using StartProcess:

Kill all processes that were started using StartProcess:

Check that all processes have actually finished:

Introduced in 2014
 (10.0)