Find processes by name or pattern

$ pgrep -l gnome
1612 gnome-session
1675 gnome-keyring-d
1681 gnome-settings-
1709 gnome-panel
1711 gnome-power-man
1716 polkit-gnome-au
1720 gnome-terminal
1824 gnome-pty-helpe
1865 gnome-screensav

• -l: option to list the process name

Find processes by name or pattern and list information about them using ps

$ pgrep gnome | xargs ps
 PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
1612 ?        Ssl    0:00 gnome-session --session=classic-gnome
1675 ?        SLl    0:10 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=pkcs11
1681 ?        Ssl    0:10 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
1709 ?        Sl     0:06 gnome-panel
1711 ?        Sl     0:00 gnome-power-manager
1716 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1
1720 ?        Sl     0:02 gnome-terminal
1824 ?        S      0:00 gnome-pty-helper
1865 ?        Ss     0:00 gnome-screensaver