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.Dd February 2, 2015
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.Dt PIDOF 1
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.Os ubase
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pidof
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.Nd find the process ID of a running program
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl o Ar pid1,pid2,...pidN
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.Op Fl s
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.Op Ar program...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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finds the process id's of the named programs and prints them to
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stdout.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl o
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Tell pidof to omit processes with that process id. The special pid
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%PPID can be used to name the parent process of the pidof program.
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.It Fl s
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Single shot - this instructs the program to only return one process id.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr killall5 8
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