Functions/GenXdev.Windows/Get-ChildProcesses.ps1
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################################################################################ <# .SYNOPSIS Retrieves all processes that are descendants of the current PowerShell process. .DESCRIPTION Examines all running processes and identifies those that have the current PowerShell process as an ancestor in their parent process chain. This includes both direct child processes and their descendants (grandchildren, etc.). .EXAMPLE # Get all child processes of the current PowerShell session Get-ChildProcesses .EXAMPLE # Get child processes and display verbose output Get-ChildProcesses -Verbose #> function Get-ChildProcesses { [CmdletBinding()] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSUseSingularNouns", "")] param() begin { # log start of process detection Write-Verbose "Starting child process detection..." # store current powershell process id for parent chain comparison $currentProcessId = $PID Write-Verbose "Current process ID: $currentProcessId" } process { # get all processes currently running on the system $allProcesses = Get-Process Write-Verbose "Retrieved $($allProcesses.Count) total processes" # filter processes by checking if current process is in their parent chain $allProcesses | Where-Object { $processToCheck = $_ # traverse up the parent chain until we find our process or hit top while ($null -ne $processToCheck.Parent) { if ($processToCheck.Parent.Id -eq $currentProcessId) { Write-Verbose ("Found child process: $($processToCheck.Name) " + ` "ID: $($processToCheck.Id)") return $true } $processToCheck = $processToCheck.Parent } return $false } } end { Write-Verbose "Completed child process detection" } } ################################################################################ |