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Install pidof with Homebrew, MacPorts

Display the PID number for a given process name. Version 0.1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install pidof.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install pidof

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install pidof

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/pidof/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Display the PID number for a given process name

Commands and aliases

  • pidof

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pidof. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
pidofexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.1.4
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:pidof
Version0.1.4
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20240808152721/http://www.nightproductions.net/cli.htm
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

MacPorts95%

pidof

sudo port install pidof
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Pidof
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/pidof/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database