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How do I get the parent process ID of a given child process

How do I get the parent process ID of a given child process

How do I get the parent process ID of a given child process in Linux.

Use ps -o ppid=   e.g. ps -o ppid= 2076 returns 2054, which you can easily use in a script etc. ps -o ppid=…

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