How to get list of running processes with Java

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I want to get a list with all running processes using Java code?. Can you tell me from which file I can get this information? I would like to get his data from /proc filesystem.

do you mean windows/linux process? – Satheesh Cheveri Dec 09 '13 at 14:09 — Satheesh Cheveri, Dec 09 '13 at 14:09

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Just parse the input obtained by running Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ps -e");

I assume you use linux since you have tagged the question with linux.

By the way this one is related: How to get a list of current open windows/process with Java?

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answered Dec 09 '13 at 14:10

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 14:12

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For Linux,

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ps -e");
BufferedReader processReader =  new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
// Read from BufferedReader

From windows

 Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec (System.getenv("windir") +"\\system32\\"+"tasklist.exe");
    BufferedReader processReader =  new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
    // Read from BufferedReader

answered Dec 09 '13 at 14:12

Satheesh Cheveri

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*Note*: He tagged it with `linux`. – Adam Arold Dec 09 '13 at 14:13
I would like to get his data from /proc. – Peter Penzov Dec 09 '13 at 14:16

Anders R. Bystrup · Answer 3 · 2013-12-09T14:33:01.600

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The numerically named folders in /proc contain information on the processes on your system.

Getting the contents of those into a human readable format would require some effort in directory traversal, reading documentation and code related to the /proc FS, and is too wide an area to go into detail with here, but concrete issues related to this would be great SO followup questions :-)

Cheers,

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answered Dec 09 '13 at 14:13

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Yes. How I can get this data and format it into human readable format? – Peter Penzov Dec 09 '13 at 14:14

How to get list of running processes with Java

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