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    You can run the program and parse the output of tasklist.
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I can not use CHP.EXE because it seems to be reported as infected file in some antiviruses.



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I'm looking for something like chp.exe, it can runs a command and returns its pid.
I can not use CHP.EXE because it seems to be reported as infected file in some antiviruses.



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    You can run the program and parse the output of tasklist.
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    You can run the program and parse the output of tasklist.
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You can run the program and parse the output of tasklist.
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You can run the program and parse the output of tasklist.
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Wmic process where (Name like '%CHP%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


real sample:



Wmic process where (Name like '%ie%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


Output:



ProcessId where like name Wmic Far manager



Wmic process get ProcessId


extract only the processId into a variable from query output:



ProcID.cmd:



@ECHO OFF                                                                              
FOR /F %%T IN ('Wmic process where^(Name^="explorer.exe"^)get ProcessId^|more +1') DO (
SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
:SkipLine
echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%


Output:



ProcessId = 2372    





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  • any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
    – Tobia
    May 28 '13 at 7:22










  • @Tobia see again
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    May 28 '13 at 9:44


















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This is pretty straightforward to do in PowerShell. Start-Process notepad.exe -PassThru will start Notepad and return:



Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                                                                                              
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
45 6 1672 4240 61 0.02 9212 notepad


From there you could use it like an object by storing the output ($notepad = Start-process notepad.exe -PassThru and then $notepad.ID) and finish whatever scripting you were doing with it.



Getting it back to a batch script (if absolutely necessary) is a little tricky. If you're absolutely stuck on using a batch file, it would probably be easiest to write a PowerShell script that writes the relevant information to a file or registry key, call the PowerShell script from the batch file, and then read the file or reg key later in the batch script.



If you don't want to touch PowerShell at all then you'll have to resort to WMIC or tasklist to find the process after creating it.






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    you can run the program and then issue this command, substituting firefox with the process name you want:



    for /f "tokens=2" %a in ('tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"') do echo %a


    it will output the pid solely, in my case, the output is 5540






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      Another way :: You can create a batch file and put following code to batch file. Its first run netstat command to get processId for port 9797. And then set it into a variable.



      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
      FOR /F "tokens=5" %%T IN ('netstat -a -n -o ^| findstr "9797" ') DO (
      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
      :SkipLine
      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%
      PAUSE





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      accepted










      Wmic process where (Name like '%CHP%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      real sample:



      Wmic process where (Name like '%ie%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      Output:



      ProcessId where like name Wmic Far manager



      Wmic process get ProcessId


      extract only the processId into a variable from query output:



      ProcID.cmd:



      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
      FOR /F %%T IN ('Wmic process where^(Name^="explorer.exe"^)get ProcessId^|more +1') DO (
      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
      :SkipLine
      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%


      Output:



      ProcessId = 2372    





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      • any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
        – Tobia
        May 28 '13 at 7:22










      • @Tobia see again
        – STTR
        May 28 '13 at 9:44















      up vote
      4
      down vote



      accepted










      Wmic process where (Name like '%CHP%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      real sample:



      Wmic process where (Name like '%ie%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      Output:



      ProcessId where like name Wmic Far manager



      Wmic process get ProcessId


      extract only the processId into a variable from query output:



      ProcID.cmd:



      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
      FOR /F %%T IN ('Wmic process where^(Name^="explorer.exe"^)get ProcessId^|more +1') DO (
      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
      :SkipLine
      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%


      Output:



      ProcessId = 2372    





      share|improve this answer























      • any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
        – Tobia
        May 28 '13 at 7:22










      • @Tobia see again
        – STTR
        May 28 '13 at 9:44













      up vote
      4
      down vote



      accepted







      up vote
      4
      down vote



      accepted






      Wmic process where (Name like '%CHP%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      real sample:



      Wmic process where (Name like '%ie%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      Output:



      ProcessId where like name Wmic Far manager



      Wmic process get ProcessId


      extract only the processId into a variable from query output:



      ProcID.cmd:



      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
      FOR /F %%T IN ('Wmic process where^(Name^="explorer.exe"^)get ProcessId^|more +1') DO (
      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
      :SkipLine
      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%


      Output:



      ProcessId = 2372    





      share|improve this answer














      Wmic process where (Name like '%CHP%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      real sample:



      Wmic process where (Name like '%ie%') get caption, name, commandline, ProcessId | more


      Output:



      ProcessId where like name Wmic Far manager



      Wmic process get ProcessId


      extract only the processId into a variable from query output:



      ProcID.cmd:



      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
      FOR /F %%T IN ('Wmic process where^(Name^="explorer.exe"^)get ProcessId^|more +1') DO (
      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
      :SkipLine
      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%


      Output:



      ProcessId = 2372    






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      answered May 20 '13 at 15:38









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      • any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
        – Tobia
        May 28 '13 at 7:22










      • @Tobia see again
        – STTR
        May 28 '13 at 9:44


















      • any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
        – Tobia
        May 28 '13 at 7:22










      • @Tobia see again
        – STTR
        May 28 '13 at 9:44
















      any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
      – Tobia
      May 28 '13 at 7:22




      any suggestion to extract only the processId into a variable from query output?
      – Tobia
      May 28 '13 at 7:22












      @Tobia see again
      – STTR
      May 28 '13 at 9:44




      @Tobia see again
      – STTR
      May 28 '13 at 9:44












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      This is pretty straightforward to do in PowerShell. Start-Process notepad.exe -PassThru will start Notepad and return:



      Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                                                                                              
      ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
      45 6 1672 4240 61 0.02 9212 notepad


      From there you could use it like an object by storing the output ($notepad = Start-process notepad.exe -PassThru and then $notepad.ID) and finish whatever scripting you were doing with it.



      Getting it back to a batch script (if absolutely necessary) is a little tricky. If you're absolutely stuck on using a batch file, it would probably be easiest to write a PowerShell script that writes the relevant information to a file or registry key, call the PowerShell script from the batch file, and then read the file or reg key later in the batch script.



      If you don't want to touch PowerShell at all then you'll have to resort to WMIC or tasklist to find the process after creating it.






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        This is pretty straightforward to do in PowerShell. Start-Process notepad.exe -PassThru will start Notepad and return:



        Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                                                                                              
        ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
        45 6 1672 4240 61 0.02 9212 notepad


        From there you could use it like an object by storing the output ($notepad = Start-process notepad.exe -PassThru and then $notepad.ID) and finish whatever scripting you were doing with it.



        Getting it back to a batch script (if absolutely necessary) is a little tricky. If you're absolutely stuck on using a batch file, it would probably be easiest to write a PowerShell script that writes the relevant information to a file or registry key, call the PowerShell script from the batch file, and then read the file or reg key later in the batch script.



        If you don't want to touch PowerShell at all then you'll have to resort to WMIC or tasklist to find the process after creating it.






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          up vote
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          This is pretty straightforward to do in PowerShell. Start-Process notepad.exe -PassThru will start Notepad and return:



          Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                                                                                              
          ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
          45 6 1672 4240 61 0.02 9212 notepad


          From there you could use it like an object by storing the output ($notepad = Start-process notepad.exe -PassThru and then $notepad.ID) and finish whatever scripting you were doing with it.



          Getting it back to a batch script (if absolutely necessary) is a little tricky. If you're absolutely stuck on using a batch file, it would probably be easiest to write a PowerShell script that writes the relevant information to a file or registry key, call the PowerShell script from the batch file, and then read the file or reg key later in the batch script.



          If you don't want to touch PowerShell at all then you'll have to resort to WMIC or tasklist to find the process after creating it.






          share|improve this answer












          This is pretty straightforward to do in PowerShell. Start-Process notepad.exe -PassThru will start Notepad and return:



          Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                                                                                              
          ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
          45 6 1672 4240 61 0.02 9212 notepad


          From there you could use it like an object by storing the output ($notepad = Start-process notepad.exe -PassThru and then $notepad.ID) and finish whatever scripting you were doing with it.



          Getting it back to a batch script (if absolutely necessary) is a little tricky. If you're absolutely stuck on using a batch file, it would probably be easiest to write a PowerShell script that writes the relevant information to a file or registry key, call the PowerShell script from the batch file, and then read the file or reg key later in the batch script.



          If you don't want to touch PowerShell at all then you'll have to resort to WMIC or tasklist to find the process after creating it.







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              you can run the program and then issue this command, substituting firefox with the process name you want:



              for /f "tokens=2" %a in ('tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"') do echo %a


              it will output the pid solely, in my case, the output is 5540






              share|improve this answer

























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                you can run the program and then issue this command, substituting firefox with the process name you want:



                for /f "tokens=2" %a in ('tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"') do echo %a


                it will output the pid solely, in my case, the output is 5540






                share|improve this answer























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                  you can run the program and then issue this command, substituting firefox with the process name you want:



                  for /f "tokens=2" %a in ('tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"') do echo %a


                  it will output the pid solely, in my case, the output is 5540






                  share|improve this answer












                  you can run the program and then issue this command, substituting firefox with the process name you want:



                  for /f "tokens=2" %a in ('tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"') do echo %a


                  it will output the pid solely, in my case, the output is 5540







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                      Another way :: You can create a batch file and put following code to batch file. Its first run netstat command to get processId for port 9797. And then set it into a variable.



                      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
                      FOR /F "tokens=5" %%T IN ('netstat -a -n -o ^| findstr "9797" ') DO (
                      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
                      :SkipLine
                      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%
                      PAUSE





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                      • Please explain what this is doing.
                        – Scott
                        Dec 5 at 8:12















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                      Another way :: You can create a batch file and put following code to batch file. Its first run netstat command to get processId for port 9797. And then set it into a variable.



                      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
                      FOR /F "tokens=5" %%T IN ('netstat -a -n -o ^| findstr "9797" ') DO (
                      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
                      :SkipLine
                      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%
                      PAUSE





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                      • Please explain what this is doing.
                        – Scott
                        Dec 5 at 8:12













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                      Another way :: You can create a batch file and put following code to batch file. Its first run netstat command to get processId for port 9797. And then set it into a variable.



                      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
                      FOR /F "tokens=5" %%T IN ('netstat -a -n -o ^| findstr "9797" ') DO (
                      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
                      :SkipLine
                      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%
                      PAUSE





                      share|improve this answer














                      Another way :: You can create a batch file and put following code to batch file. Its first run netstat command to get processId for port 9797. And then set it into a variable.



                      @ECHO OFF                                                                              
                      FOR /F "tokens=5" %%T IN ('netstat -a -n -o ^| findstr "9797" ') DO (
                      SET /A ProcessId=%%T) &GOTO SkipLine
                      :SkipLine
                      echo ProcessId = %ProcessId%
                      PAUSE






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