/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-zulu/bin/jps --help

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usage: jps [--help]
       jps [-q] [-mlvV] [<hostid>]

Definitions:
    <hostid>:      <hostname>[:<port>]
    -? -h --help -help: Print this help message and exit.

Options (6)

Option	Description	Source
`-q`	Suppresses the output of the class name, JAR file name, and arguments passed to the main method, producing only a list of local JVM identifiers.	man
`-m`	Displays the arguments passed to the main method.	man
`-l`	Displays the full package name for the application's main class or the full path name to the application's JAR file.	man
`-v`	Displays the arguments passed to the JVM.	man
`-V`	Suppresses the output of the class name, JAR file name, and arguments passed to the main method, producing only a list of local JVM identifiers.	man
`-Joption`	Passes option to the JVM, where option is one of the options described on the reference page for the Java application launcher.	man

Examples (10) from the manual page, untested

jps
List the instrumented JVMs on the local host:
18027 Java2Demo.JAR
18032 jps
18005 jstat
jps -l remote.domain
The following example lists the instrumented JVMs on a remote host.
3002 /opt/jdk1.7.0/demo/jfc/Java2D/Java2Demo.JAR
2857 sun.tools.jstatd.jstatd
jps -m remote.domain:2002
The following example lists the instrumented JVMs on a remote host with a non-default port for the RMI registry.
3002 /opt/jdk1.7.0/demo/jfc/Java2D/Java2Demo.JAR
3102 sun.tools.jstatd.jstatd -p 2002

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