Like ps on Unix/Linux

Gives a more formatted detailed display, need to make a small change so
it checks the OS first

Author: geekcomputers

pscheck.py

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+# Script Name		: pscheck.py
+# Author				: Craig Richards
+# Created				: 19th December 2011
+# Last Modified		: 
+# Version				: 1.0
+
+# Modifications		: 
+
+# Description			: Process check on Nix boxes, diplsay formatted output from ps command
+
+import commands, os, string
+
+program = raw_input("Enter the name of the program to check: ")
+
+try:
+    #perform a ps command and assign results to a list
+    output = commands.getoutput("ps -f|grep " + program)
+    proginfo = string.split(output)
+
+    #display results
+    print "\n\
+    Full path:\t\t", proginfo[5], "\n\
+    Owner:\t\t\t", proginfo[0], "\n\
+    Process ID:\t\t", proginfo[1], "\n\
+    Parent process ID:\t", proginfo[2], "\n\
+    Time started:\t\t", proginfo[4]
+except:
+    print "There was a problem with the program." 
+
+