Command-line tool

psgrep

brew/psgrep

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Shortcut for the 'ps aux | grep' idiom

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install psgrep

Find process lines containing a specific string

psgrep process_name

Find process lines containing a specific string, excluding headers

psgrep -n process_name

Search using a simplified format (PID, user, command)

psgrep -s process_name

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