cpp-proc

High performance (Linux) process status information tool. It reads the dynamic /proc kernel file system directly in the same manner as the native Linux command ps, but with much better performance (2-3 times faster).

It is shipped with a built-in regex option -grep, and will emulate piping ps ... | grep ..., but with much better performance. The regex logic is implemented directly in the process list iteration and applied on the result before output without unnecessary overhead.

The output information is separated by whitespaces and can be parsed with ease and convenience.

This tool is great if you want to monitor CPU and/or memory intensive cronjobs.

Example

# ./proc -name php -grep "cronjob\.php listen_websockets\b" -stat
15272 15271 0.3% 38.9M 1649255581 26 #php /var/www/php/cronjob.php listen_websockets

-name

The -name <name> filter all processes by name. If you want to list all PHP processes use -name php.

-grep

The -grep <pattern> filter the result by a regex pattern before output in the same manner as piping ps ... | grep ....

-stat

The -stat option appends information about CPU and memory usage. This information is calculated across several files in the /proc file system, and CPU time is calculated as an average since the process was created.

-help

# ./proc -help
proc: version 0.1

Output process list
PID PPID #CMD

Output process list with -stat
PID PPID CPU MEM STARTTIME EXECTIME #CMD

Usage: proc [options]
Options:
        -name <name>         -- Process name
        -grep <pattern>      -- Filter output grep alike
        -stat                -- Show CPU/mem
        -help

Parse output with PHP

$procs = explode("\n", rtrim(shell_exec('./proc -name php -grep "cronjob\.php listen_websockets\b" -stat')));
foreach($procs as &$proc){
        $pos    = strpos($proc, '#');
        $cmd    = substr($proc, $pos+1);
        $values = explode(' ', rtrim(substr($proc, 0, $pos)));
        
        //  Output with -stat
        if($stat){
                $proc = [
                        'pid'   => '',
                        'ppid'  => '',
                        'cpu'   => '',
                        'mem'   => '',
                        'start' => '',
                        'time'  => '',
                        'cmd'   => $cmd
                ];
        }
        //  Output without -stat
        else{
                $proc = [
                        'pid'   => '',
                        'ppid'  => '',
                        'cmd'   => $cmd
                ];
        }
        
        foreach($proc as &$p){
                if($value = array_shift($values)){
                        $p = $value;
                }
        }
}

print_r($procs);