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PV.EXE

Useful as a command line process killer. Can also list tasks.

This is a freeware tool which is available as part of the "PrcView" download.

I've also noticed that the versions listed on the site are incorrect and a newer version is available as a separate download.... The syntax of the one I have is shown below.

PV.EXE /?

pv displays information about the running processes.
pv v 5.2.2.7, Copyright (c) Igor Nys, 2000-2006.

Usage: pv -[<OPTION>]... <ARGUMENT>... -[<OPTION>]

Modes:
  -s       --summary   show usage for the specified MODULE
  -h,-?    --help      display this help information

Actions:
  -k       --kill      kill process
  -a       --activate  brings process main window in the foreground
  -c       --close     close (send WM_CLOSE) to the PROCESS
  -p[nihr] --priority  set priority to "Normal", "Idle", "High", "Real Time"
    [ba]               "Below Normal" and "Above Normal" only on W2K or higher

Output Options:
  -e,        --extend    show additional information if available
  -q[header],--quiet     supress headers and produce a tab-separated list
  -b         --bare      show process ID only ()
  -o<format> --output    control output using the format string (see below)

Input Options:
  -f,      --force     never prompt
  -i,      --id        use process ID instead of the PROCESS name

Filters:
  -l[mask] --long      include processes with command line matching mask
  -w[mask] --window    show processes with visible windows matching mask,
                       -e includes in search also invisible windows
  -u[mask] --usage     show processes using modules that matches mask
  -y[mask] --user      show processes that run under specified user account
  -t[root] --tree      display process tree starting starting from the root

Extra Information Options:
  -g       --getenv    get startup environment for the  PROCESS
  -m       --module    show modules used by specified PROCESS

Execution Options:
  -d[time] --delay     delay time in milliseconds before executing command
  -r[err]  --repeat    repeat command in a cycle, while (%ERRORLEVEL% > err)
  -n       --number    %ERRORLEVEL% = negated number of matched processes
  -x[a]    --exit      wait for the process completion (exit)
                        'a' flag waits for all processes, -d sets time-out
  -@[file_name]        read arguments from specified file or from
                       standard input after processing the command line

Arguments can contain '*' and '?' wildcards.

Use return code (%ERRORLEVEL%) in batch files:
    0 - process found (negated number of processes if -n is specified)
    1 - empty result set, 2 - programm error

Format string can use the following placeholders to control the output
                         %a affinity,     %d creation time,    %c[time] % cpu
                         %f full path,    %e elapsed cpu time, %i process id
                         %l command line, %n image name,       %m memory (K)
                         %p priority,     %r parent id,        %s signature
                         %t thread count, %u user name,        %v version
                         Specify an optional performance data collecting time                         in milliseconds after the %c switch, default is 500ms.
Examples:
  pv myprocess.exe        get process ID for myprocess.exe.
  pv -e                   get extended list of running processes.
  pv -k sleep*            kill all processes starting with "sleep"
  pv -m -e explorer.exe   get extended information about explorer's modules
  pv -u oleaut*.dll       list of all processes that use matching dll
  pv -ph w*.exe           set priority to hight for all matching processes
  pv explorer.exe -l"*/S" looks for explorer process with /S switch
  pv -r0 -d2000 calc.exe "2>nul"
                          checks every 2 seconds if calc.exe is running
  pv --user:SYSTEM        shows processes running under system account
  pv -o"%i\t%e\t%c2000%%\t%m(K)\t%n" pv.exe sqlservr.exe
                          shows memory and CPU information collected for 2 sec.

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