psgrep

psgrep [options] pattern

psgrep is a convenience wrapper that combines ps and grep to search for running processes by name or pattern. It filters the process list and displays matching entries, automatically excluding the grep process itself from the results to avoid false matches.The tool provides a simpler alternative to the `ps aux | grep pattern` idiom. On many systems, the built-in pgrep command offers similar functionality with more options.

PATTERN

Process name pattern.

Case insensitive.

Full command line.

Invert match.

Different implementations exist. Some systems use pgrep.

psgrep was created as a convenience wrapper for process searching.

pgrep(1), ps(1), grep(1)