Well, this... 
    # more stuff with this pid
    # more stuff with the parent
    # more stuff with the grandparent
    # more stuff with the great-grandparent

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...looks like a something recursive... like... nature...

Seriously, without knowing the purpose of all this, it is difficult to tell the meaning of life.
Maybe "more stuff" is an anonymous sub which does pamper/feed/play with/kill or such? and is passed as an argument into the sub which deals with a process?
Is all that just for fun? Do we want to build a tree?

perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'

In reply to Re: Better way to search in the process table? by shmem
in thread Better way to search in the process table? by karlgoethebier

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