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:

Wolfram Research (2014), Processes, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Processes.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), Processes, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Processes.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "Processes." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Processes.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). Processes. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Processes.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_processes, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Processes}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Processes.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_processes, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Processes}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Processes.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-July-2025 ]}