How to find the process id of a running java process on mac?

Question

I am trying to find the PID of a java webapp on a Mac. More specifically, I am trying to find the PID for a jetty webapp running on my Desktop. I have tried using Activity monitor and searched online all to no avail.

Answer 1

you can use jps, the Java Process Status tool:

jps

which will show you, for example:

13651 RemoteMavenServer

on my mac, jps lives in:

/usr/bin/jps

Answer 2

Open a terminal and type jps -v