pidstop

pidstop is a simple command-line tool for monitoring the VMRSS and other information of a process and its children.

TODO

-[ ] Make this a full TUI? -[ ] Attach to stdout of process feature -[ ] Output CSV of usage -[ ] Maybe extend to other measurments

Features

• Monitor VMRSS (Virtual Memory Resident Set Size) of a specified process and its children.
• Display additional information such as PID, process name, state, parent PID, command, and user.
• Option to show only the entry process, excluding its children.

Usage

pidstop -p <PID>
pidstop -n <ProcessName>
pidstop -c <CommandToRun>
pidstop -s

• -p, --pid: Specify the PID of the process to monitor.
• -n, --name: Specify the name of the process to monitor.
• -c, --command: Specify the command to run and monitor its process.
• -s, --show-only: Show only the information for the entry process, excluding its children.

Examples

# Monitor process with PID 12345 and its children
pidstop -p 12345

# Monitor process with name "example" and its children
pidstop -n example

# Run a command and monitor its process
pidstop -c "your_command_here"

# Show only the information for the entry process, excluding its children
pidstop -p 12345 -s

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.