Linux command to find application label using PID.

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I have all PID. I want to find the exact application name from this pid. Let, a PID = 3355.its package = com.xxxx.yyyyy.actual app name = Mail i dont need the com.xxxx.yyyyy, i need Mail using PID. Thanks

You can use this code get the process name from process ID http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8542326/android-how-to-get-the-processname-or-packagename-by-using-pid/8543401#8543401 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5841161/get-application-name-from-package-name Thanks — Juned, Oct 26 '12 at 11:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '12 at 13:10

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You can get process detail including environment, commandline ... from the procfs

for example:

cat /proc/3355/cmdline

answered Oct 26 '12 at 13:10

demwz

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thanks :). But, say for gmail cat "/proc/3355/cmdline" command still return like com.google.android.gsf.login. We need the name of App "Gmail". – hindol Oct 29 '12 at 01:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 11:35

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You can do it with -

 ps aux | grep 3355

answered Oct 26 '12 at 11:35

Sandip Karanjekar

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root@android:/ # ps aux | grep 3770 /system/bin/sh: grep: not found – hindol Oct 29 '12 at 01:48

Linux command to find application label using PID.

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