Avoid related processes in process listing

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How can I generate a process listing, that does not include the current process, its shell and any related processes in the process group, and the SSHD process generated to handle the session?

Does ps(1) actually have an option that does this?

Is there some predicate I can apply to each process to filter it out of any listing I generate?

Are you wanting to use ps or the shell, or Python? It's not super clear. — John Zwinck, Jul 06 '11 at 00:39
`ps > /dev/null` will do exactly what you want. Seriously though, `grep` the output of `ps`. You can even make an alias. — robert, Jul 06 '11 at 00:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Combining the answer referenced below with the -N (--deselect) option for ps might get you there:

How do I find the top-level parent PID of a given process using bash?

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