#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Proc::ProcessTable; #-- #-- we will ignore the child #-- $SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE'; #-- #-- create 5 child processes for demo purpose. arrange them so they stay #-- long enough so we can find them later #-- for(1..5){ sleep(10) and exit if(fork == 0); } #-- #-- list all process running in your machine and find all #-- child process #-- for my $p (@{new Proc::ProcessTable->table}){ print $p->pid," child of $$\n" if($p->ppid == $$); }