What is “pidof” Package?

Display the PID number for a given process name
For more details: http://www.nightproductions.net/cli.htm

Installation

  • Open Terminal by pressing command+space then type terminal and hit Enter key.
  • Install homebrew first.
    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
  • Install pidof.
    brew install pidof

Now, use pidof!