Finding an exact process name | LinuC Level 1 101 Exam original practice question

1.01.4Basic

Find only processes whose name is exactly sshd.

Exclude a name such as sshd-helper.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

ps -x sshd: Incorrect. ps does not use this exact-name search syntax.
kill -x sshd: Incorrect. kill sends signals and does not search process names this way.
jobs -x sshd: Incorrect. jobs is limited to shell-managed jobs.
pgrep -x sshd: Correct. pgrep -x sshd selects exact process-name matches.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectps -x sshd

Incorrect. ps does not use this exact-name search syntax.

Incorrectkill -x sshd

Incorrect. kill sends signals and does not search process names this way.

Incorrectjobs -x sshd

Incorrect. jobs is limited to shell-managed jobs.

Correctpgrep -x sshd

Correct. pgrep -x sshd selects exact process-name matches.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

pgrep --help | grep -E -- '--exact|-x'

-x/--exact optionのhelp

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKL-101-364

Environmentprocps-ng系pgrep help

Last technical review2026-08-13