# UNIX PID of julia process

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unix-pid-of-julia-process/23977>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unix-pid-of-julia-process/23977 "2019-05-07T20:03:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![atteson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@atteson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/atteson)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unix-pid-of-julia-process/23977/1 "2019-05-07T20:03:15Z")

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Does anyone know of an easy way to get the process ID of the current julia process running on UNIX?

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**Author:** ![StefanKarpinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefankarpinski/32/24_2.png) [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unix-pid-of-julia-process/23977/2 "2019-05-07T20:05:31Z")

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```julia
julia> getpid()
26463

```

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**Author:** ![atteson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@atteson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/atteson)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unix-pid-of-julia-process/23977/3 "2019-05-07T20:06:58Z")

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Thanks!