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aos process

Running processes: list, find, kill

3 commands. Run aos process --help for the same list from the binary, or see every group.

Running processes. list and find filter by substring and have --json. kill takes a pid, or a name when exactly one process matches; with several matches it refuses and lists them. --force sends a signal the process cannot ignore.

Find processes whose name contains a substring

Terminal window
aos process find <name> [--json]
flag values meaning
<name> Required positional argument
--json Optional
Terminal window
aos process find Chrome
aos process find node --json

Kill a process by pid, or by name when it is unambiguous

Terminal window
aos process kill <pid|name> [--force]
flag values meaning
<pid|name> Required positional argument
--force Optional
Terminal window
aos process kill 4821
aos process kill Calculator
aos process kill Calculator --force

List running processes

Terminal window
aos process list [--filter=<substring>] [--json]
flag values meaning
--filter <substring> Optional
--json Optional
Terminal window
aos process list
aos process list --filter=chrome
aos process list --json