Terminating a process
A process can be terminated with the returned object's Kill() method, for example because the process in question is hanging:
PS:\> (get-process excel).kill()
Selecting specific processes
Property value
By combining
get-process and
where-object in a
pipeline, it's possible to select processes by criterias applied on their properties:
get-process | where-object name -match app
Select processes whose process memory (pm) is greater than 250 mega bytes:
get-process | where-object pm -gt 250mb
-id / (Process identifier)
get-process -id $PID | select-object startTime, totalProcessorTime, userProcessorTime, virtualMemorySize, workingSet
Select my session's processes
get-process | where-object {
$_.SI -eq ([System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess().SessionId) -and
#
# Exclude some well known proceses:
#
$_.processName -notin
'csrss',
'dllhost',
'dwm',
'explorer',
'RuntimeBroker',
'SecurityHealthSystray',
'ShellExperienceHost',
'sihost',
'svchost',
'taskhostw',
'unsecapp',
'winlogon',
# WSL related
'wsl', 'wslrelay', 'wslhost'
}
TODO: Is TextInputHost a well-known process as well?