How to Find Process ID in Linux

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Q: How to find Process ID in Linux OS (CentOS, Redhat, Fedora)?

Finding the ID of a running process using commands in Linux operating systems. Here the below example shows to find the process ID of FTP service (vsftpd process)


[root@server ~]#  ps -e | grep vsftpd 

 1586 ? 00:00:00 vsftpd

The Process ID of FTP (vsftpd) is 1586

find the process ID of Dovecot service

[root@server ~]#  ps -e | grep dovecot
 1594 ?        00:00:03 dovecotThe Process ID of Dovecot is 1594

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