try this: ps waux | grep [p]erl5 You should at least know what was the whole command line that launched your perl processes and this should give you a good hint to begin with. There's probably another way but I am too zombie at the moment from sleep deprivation to think about it... if something hits me i'll post it ^_^ -- Alexandre Gauthier supernaut at underwares.org underwares.org Obscure IT knowledge Open Database The human brain operates at only 10% of its capacity. The rest is overhead for the operating system. Adrian Simmons <adrinux at gmail.com> a écrit : > Hello, > > I keep noticing my CPU usage going up, and when I check in activity > monitor the greedy process is labeled perl5.8.6, which could be one > of several bits of software. The question is, if Top and Activity > Monitor don't tell you which one, is there a way to find out? > > In other words, how do I see which perl process is currently running > and using a chunk of CPU cycles? > > -- > adrinux (aka Adrian Simmons) <http://adrinux.perlucida.com> > e-mail <mailto:adrinux at gmail.com> > AOL/Yahoo IM: perlucida, Microsoft: adrian at perlucida.com > _______________________________________________ > X-Unix mailing list > X-Unix at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-unix > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > -------------------------------------------------------------- Webmail provided by www.underwares.org Underwares.org -- Free Obscure IT knowledge Open Database. Search for knowledge: http://www.underwares.org/zcgi/contents