[SOLVED] Linux - how to tell which python script is being executed

Issue

I have a number of scripts and processes that fire them on an Ubuntu server. Using top indicates that python is executing something, but there's no way of telling which script is being executed with the output from top unless i'm mistaken.

Is there a way to check the path to the script file(s) currently being executed by the python interpreter?

Solution

You can just pass the -c flag to see command line.

e.g.

top -c

   1 root      20   0  165828  11024   8180 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.20 /sbin/init
   2 root      20   0    2324   1192   1084 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 /init
   5 root      20   0    2352     80     68 S   0.0   0.0   0:00.00 plan9 --control-socket 6 --log-level 4 --server-fd 7 --pipe-+ 

Alternatively you can use htop which gives much more information.

Answered By - Fraser

Answer Checked By - Terry (WPSolving Volunteer)