Listing processes

In this recipe, we will list processes in the system.

How to do it...

Let's list processes using PowerShell:

1. Open PowerShell ISE as an administrator.
2. Add the following script and run it to list processes on the screen:

   #list all processes to screen
   Get-Process
   
   #list 10 most recently started processes
   Get-Process | 
   Sort-Object -Property StartTime -Descending | 
   Select-Object Name, StartTime, Path, Responding -First 10

3. Add the following script and run it to list and save the processes to a text file:

   #save processes to a text file
   $txtFile = "C:\Temp\processes.txt"
   
   Get-Process | 
   Out-File -FilePath $txtFile -Force
   
   #display text file in notepad
   notepad $txtFile

4. Add the following script and run it to save the processes to a CSV file:

   #save processes to a csv file
   $csvFile = "C:\Temp\processes.csv"
   
   Get-Process | 
   Export-Csv -Path $csvFile -Force -NoTypeInformation
   
   #display first five lines in file
   Get-Content $csvFile -totalCount 5

5. Add the following script...