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pid (n)

Retrieve process id(s)

SYNOPSIS

    pid ?fileId?

DESCRIPTION

    If the fileId argument is given then it should normally refer to a process pipeline created with the open command. In this case the pid command will return a list whose elements are the process identifiers of all the processes in the pipeline, in order. The list will be empty if fileId refers to an open file that isn't a process pipeline. If no fileId argument is given then pid returns the process identifier of the current process. All process identifiers are returned as decimal strings.

KEYWORDS

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