Display Running Functions (fid-list)

Lists all running functions within the current Murex session

Description

fid-list is a tool for outputting all the functions currently managed by that Murex session. Those functions could be Murex functions, builtins or any external executables launched from Murex.

Conceptually fid-list is a little like ps (on POSIX systems) however fid-list was not written to be POSIX compliant.

Multiple flags cannot be used with each other.

Usage

fid-list [ flag ] -> <stdout>

jobs is an alias for fid-list: --jobs:

jobs -> <stdout>

Flags

• --background Returns a json map of background jobs
• --csv Output table in a csv format
• --help Outputs a list of parameters and a descriptions
• --jobs Show background and stopped jobs
• --jsonl Output table in a jsonlines (jsonl) format (defaulted to when piped)
• --stopped Returns a json map of stopped jobs
• --tty Force default TTY output even when piped

Detail

Because Murex is a multi-threaded shell, builtins are not forked processes like in a traditional / POSIX shell. This means that you cannot use the operating systems default process viewer (eg ps) to list Murex functions. This is where fid-list comes into play. It is used to view all the functions and processes that are managed by the current Murex session. That would include:

• any aliases within Murex
• public and private Murex functions
• builtins (eg fid-list is a builtin command)
• any external processes that were launched from within this shell session
• any background functions or processes of any of the above

Synonyms

• fid-list
• jobs

See Also

• Background Process (bg): Run processes in the background
• Check Builtin Exists (bexists): Check which builtins exist
• Display Running Functions (jobs): Lists all running functions within the current Murex session
• Execute External Command (exec): Runs an executable
• Execute Shell Function or Builtin (fexec): Execute a command or function, bypassing the usual order of precedence.
• Foreground Process (fg): Sends a background process into the foreground
• Kill All In Session (fid-killall): Terminate all running Murex functions in current session
• Kill Function (fid-kill): Terminate a running Murex function
• Re-Scan $PATH For Executables: Forces Murex to rescan $PATH looking for executables
• Shell Runtime (builtins): Returns runtime information on the internal state of Murex
• * (generic): generic (primitive)
• csv: CSV files (and other character delimited tables)
• jsonl: JSON Lines

---

This document was generated from builtins/core/processes/fid-list_doc.yaml.