sindresorhus/fkill-cli

Use process cmd from ps-list (instead of/with) the name

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#16 opened on Mar 3, 2017

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Description

I think it would be easer to find a process if the full command is used instead of the name. Indeed, if i have couple of node process running in background, i will have

node 1337
node 1338
node 1339

but if the full command is displayed

node foo.js 1337
node bar.js 1338
node foo-bar.js 1339

an other display could be

node 1337 `node foo.js`
node 1338 `node bar.js`
node 1339 `node foo-bar.js`

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Research direction
Look at how fkill currently retrieves process information using ps list. The goal is to modify the display to include the full command line in addition to the process name. Start by examining the ps list API to see if it provides the command line arguments, then update the output formatting in fkill to show the command path or arguments alongside the process name.
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javascript
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cli
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2
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1-3 hours
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