https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769311#M44005 &gt;shreks84: grep -w Z<BR /><BR />This looks like it finds zombies, not orphans. Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:24:15 GMT Dennis Handly 2011-04-02T05:24:15Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769309#M44003 Hi All<BR /><BR />Can some body tell me how to find the orphaned process in Linux.<BR /><BR />Regards<BR />-Binu Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:46:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769309#M44003 Kadavan 2011-03-23T17:46:54Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769310#M44004 ps aux | awk '{ print $8 " " $2 }' | grep -w Z Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:04:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769310#M44004 Sree_CMS 2011-03-23T18:04:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769311#M44005 &gt;shreks84: grep -w Z<BR /><BR />This looks like it finds zombies, not orphans. Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:24:15 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769311#M44005 Dennis Handly 2011-04-02T05:24:15Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769312#M44006 Agree with Dennis.<BR /><BR />I don't know if there's an easy way to find orphans, generally speaking. The init process becomes the father of orphan processes, but many processes are sons of init too in a natural way (like some daemons).<BR /> Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:57:50 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-find-the-orphaned-process/m-p/4769312#M44006 JL Martinez 2011-04-02T14:57:50Z