Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

jps — List Java processes

Synopsis

jps [ options ] [ hostname[:port ] ]

Description

jps lists the Java processes running on the local host or on the specified remote host. If a remote host is specified, it must be running the jstatd daemon. For each Java process, it displays a process id and names the class or JAR file that the process is executing. Process ids are used by a number of other Java tools, such as jconsole, jstat, and jmap.

Options

The options below alter the default jps display. The single-letter options, except for -q, may be combined into a single command-line argument, such as -lmv:

-help

Displays a usage message.

-l

Lists the full package name of the main class or the full path of the JAR file running in each Java process.

-m

Lists the arguments passed to main( ) method of each Java process.

-q

Lists only Java process identifiers, without application name or any additional information.

-v

Lists arguments passed to the Java interpreter for each Java process.

-V

Lists arguments passed to the interpreter through a flags file such as .hotspotrc.

See also

jstatd