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


Processes
returns a list of currently running external processes started in this Wolfram Language session.
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:
See Also
ProcessObject StartProcess KillProcess ProcessStatus Streams Links ExternalSessions Devices FileNames Run SystemProcesses
Function Repository: ProcessRunningQ
Related Guides
History
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: 11-August-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: 11-August-2025]}