Microsoft DOS tasklist command
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About tasklist
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Syntax
Examples
This tool displays a list of currently running processes on either a local or remote machine.
The tasklist command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista
Windows 7
TASKLIST [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] [/M [module] | /SVC | /V] [/FI filter] [/FO format] [/NH]
| /S system | Specifies the remote system to connect to. |
| /U [domain\]user | Specifies the user context under which the command should execute. |
| /P [password] | Specifies the password for the given user context. Prompts for input if omitted. |
| /M [module] | Lists all tasks currently using the given exe/dll name. If the module name is not specified all loaded modules are displayed. |
| /SVC | Displays services hosted in each process. |
| /V | Displays verbose task information. |
| /FI filter | Displays a set of tasks that match a given criteria specified by the filter. |
| /FO format | Specifies the output format. Valid values: "TABLE", "LIST", "CSV". |
| /NH | Specifies that the "Column Header" should not be displayed in the output. Valid only for "TABLE" and "CSV" formats. |
Filters
| Filter Name | Valid Operators | Valid values |
| STATUS | eq, ne | RUNNING | NOT RESPONDING | UNKNOWN |
| IMAGENAME | eq, ne | Image name |
| PID | eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le | PID value |
| SESSION | eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le | Session number |
| SESSIONNAME | eq, ne | Session name |
| CPUTIME | eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le | CPU time in the format of hh:mm:ss. hh - hours, mm - minutes ss - seconds |
| MEMUSAGE | eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le | Memory usage in KB |
| USERNAME | eq, ne | User name in [domain\]user format |
| SERVICES | eq, ne | Service name |
| WINDOWTITLE | eq, ne | Window title |
| MODULES | eq, ne | DLL name |
NOTE: "WINDOWTITLE" and "STATUS" filters are not supported when querying a remote machine.
Tip: See the operator definition for full information about operators and eq, ge, gt, le, lt, and ne.
tasklist
Running tasklist alone will show all currently running tasks on the computer the command is being run on.
tasklist > process.txt
The above command takes the output displayed by tasklist and saves it to the process.txt file.
Tip: If you need help identifying each of these tasks the complete log file can be pasted into the Computer Hope process tool and each task will be identified.
tasklist /fi "memusage gt 50000"
This next example will display any currently running tasks that are using more than 50MB of memory.
Tip: If you see a task you wish to kill you can kill the task using the taskkill command.