Usage: pidof [options] [program [...]] Options: -s, --single-shot return one PID only -c, --check-root omit processes with different root -q, quiet mode, only set the exit code -w, --with-workers show kernel workers too -x also find shells running the named scripts -o, --omit-pid omit processes with PID -t, --lightweight list threads too -S, --separator SEP use SEP as separator put between PIDs -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit For more details see pidof(1).