How to use the pidof and pgrep commands: 2-Minute Linux Tip

How to use the pidof and pgrep commands: 2-Minute Linux Tip

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The video tutorial explains how to use the PID and Pgrep commands to find process IDs of running processes. PID provides a list of processes with a specific name, while Pgrep offers a broader search, listing processes that include the specified name as part of their name. The tutorial highlights the differences in results between the two commands, using 'system D' as an example.

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