The `Get-Process` cmdlet in PowerShell gets a list of all active processes running on the local computer.
Get-Process
The output of the above command list the processes in the PowerShell terminal. It displays the Handles, NPM(K), PM(K), WS(K), CPU(s), Id, SI, and ProcessName for the process.
A process is an instance of a program in execution. Using the Get-Process cmdlet you can perform various tasks such as listing all processes, filtering processes, getting process information, and starting and stopping processes.
How to List All Processes
To get a list of all processes running on the local system, use the Get-Process cmdlet.
Get-Process
The above PowerShell command Get-Process will display a table of processes containing information such as Process name, Id (Process ID), CPI, and memory usage.
How to Filter Processes
You can use Where-Object cmdlet in PowerShell to filter processes based on specific criteria. For instance, to filter processes by their CPU usage exceeds a certain threshold:
Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.CPU -gt 50}
The above PowerShell Get-Process command will list processes consuming more than 50% of the CPU.
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How to Get Process Information
The Get-Process retrieves the information about the running process on the system. For instance, the following PowerShell script retrieves detailed information about a particular process using its id.
Get-Process -Id 5888
In the above PowerShell script, the Get-Process command get process information by Id.
The output of the above script displays information about a process.
PS C:\> Get-Process -Id 5888
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- -----------
149 10 2108 5956 1.36 5888 0 mosquitto
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Conclusion
I hope the above article on how to get all the processes running on the local computer using the PowerShell Get-Process cmdlet is helpful to you.
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