Confirm Before Stopping a Process in PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:29:14

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To get the consent from the user before stopping process or instance, -confirm parameter is used.ExampleIn the below example, we will stop notepad.exe process with –Id 4900 using –Confirm parameter.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Stop-Process -Id 4900 -Confirm Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Performing the operation "Stop-Process" on target "notepad (4900)". [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):Similarly, you can use the –Confirm parameter for stopping the process with Name.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Stop-Process -Name Notepad -Confirm

Stop Specific Instance of a Process in PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:28:44

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To stop the specific instance of the process, Process ID needs to provide to Stop-Process cmdlet.ExampleIn the below example, we need to stop Notepad process with instance ID 25400.OutputHandles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------     228      14     3156      13680       0.13   4900   1 notepad     232      14     3196      13752       0.16  25400   1 notepadStop-Process -Id 25400 Now, when Get-Process command is run, there will be no process running with –Id 25400.CommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process -Name notepadOutputHandles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------     227      13     2808      13492       0.14   4900   1 notepad

Print All Distinct Characters of a String in Order in C++

sudhir sharma
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:28:43

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In this problem, we are given a string. Our task is to print all distinct characters of the string in the order they appear in the string.Let’s take an example to understand our problem, Input: tutorials Point Output: uralsPnThere are multiple ways to solve this problem but we will discuss the most effective one. The simple one includes the nesting of loops.For this, we will use two arrays of size 256(8-bit characters are stored).First we will initialize all values of counter array to 0 and all values of index array to n (length of string). On traversal of the string ... Read More

Print All Distinct Circular Strings of Length M in Lexicographical Order in C++

sudhir sharma
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:25:30

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In this problem, we are given a string and an integer M. our task is to print all distinct circular strings of length M in lexicographical order (alphabetical order).Let’s take an example to understand the problem, Input: str= “ssssn” M=3 Output: nss sns ssn sssExplanation − all possible circular strings of length 3 are: sss sss ssn sns nss. Distinct elements in lexicographical order are sss ssn sns nss.To solve this problem, we will iterate over the elements of the string and generate all possible substrings of length M. we will store this generated string in a set that stores ... Read More

Stop All Instances of a Process in PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:25:26

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To stop running all the instances of the process in PowerShell Stop-Process command is used. For example, in the below example, we have two running instances of notepad.exe process.CommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process notepadOutputPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process notepad Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------     228      13     3160      13448       0.14  15564   1 notepad     228      14     3148      13668       0.17  22644 ... Read More

Get Process Output in GridView Format in PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:24:51

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To get the output in gridview format in PowerShell, you need to Pipeline the Out-GridView variable so the output will be in GUI format.CommandGet-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select -First 10 | Out-GridView -Title "Top 10 CPU usage processes"

Display a Few Numbers of Results in GET Process in PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:23:39

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To display only the first 5 processes you need to use –First parameter in the Select-Object pipeline statement. You can use multiple filter statements and later at last pipeline the –First command to display only a few results.CommandGet-Process | Select -First 5OutputHandles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------     498      26     9736      18624       2.27   6320   1 AcroRd32     624      51   112048 ... Read More

Get Process Properties Using PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:23:36

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Get-Process shows the default properties only. To get all the properties of Get-Process, we need to pipeline Format-List * (fl *).Get-Process | Format-List *OutputName                       : AcroRd32 Id                         : 8052 PriorityClass              : Normal FileVersion                : 11.0.23.22 HandleCount                : 616 WorkingSet                 : 17453056 PagedMemorySize            : 114597888 ... Read More

Print All Distinct Elements of a Given Integer Array in C++

sudhir sharma
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:22:59

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In this problem, we are given an array of integer values. Our task is to print all distinct elements of the array. The output should contain only distinct values.Let’s take an example to understand the problemInput: array = {1, 5, 7, 12, 1, 6, 10, 7, 5} Output: 1 5 7 12 6 10To solve this problem, we will have to check elements of the array for uniqueness. For this, we will use two nested loops, the outer one will take values and the inner one will check the rest of the values with it. If more than one values ... Read More

Group Processes by Name in PowerShell

Chirag Nagrekar
Updated on 22-Jan-2020 12:22:37

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You can group the processes based on their properties. Here, we will group the processes based on their name, it would display how many instances of the process is running. Group-Object command is useful for it.CommandThe below command will group the object and sort the object based on their thread counts.Get-Process |Group-Object Name | Select Name, Count |Sort-Object count - DescendingOutputName                                                           Count ----                                                           ----- svchost                                                           91 chrome                                                            34 RuntimeBroker                                                     11 conhost                                                            6 Code                                                               6 WmiPrvSE                                                           6 dllhost                                                            4 RAVBg64                                                            4 powershell                                                         3 csrss                                                              2 fontdrvhost                                                        2 AcroRd32                                                           2 taskhostw                                                          2 SkypeBridge                                                        1 smartscreen                                                        1 smss                                                               1 sihost                                                             1 SkypeApp                                                           1 SkypeBackgroundHost                                                1 sppsvc                                                             1 StartMenuExperienceHost                                            1

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