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Show PID of process just launched in ZSH

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Mar 15, 20264595 views
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Problem

Can I show the PID of a process that I just launched, ideally at the end of the line of the command? For example, when I launch two processes and the second one does not "work" (port, etc..), I cannot figure out which daemon has which PID. Concrete example: I can neither ^+C, ^+D nor ^+Z the proces…

Error Output

Example:
root in ~: mysqld .................. [PID 34567]
12121 mysql-logs start to come in...
12125 more logs...

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Fix for: Show PID of process just launched in ZSH

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You could start the process in background with: That normally shows the [pid]; if not echo it: If you want to run the daemon in foreground, just get it back to forground:

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