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Linux /proc and Process Debugging/Read process command line

Print the null-separated command line from /proc.

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Section: /proc Process Filesystem

Read process command line

bash
bash
tr "\0" " " < /proc/1234/cmdline; echo
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Print the null-separated command line from /proc.

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