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Find Zombie Processes on Linux with Python

Parse the output of `ps -eo pid,stat,comm` to detect processes in zombie state (Z) on a Linux system and report their PIDs and commands.

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Python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import subprocess

def find_zombie_processes():
    """Find zombie processes (state 'Z') running on Linux."""
    try:
        result = subprocess.run(['ps', '-eo', 'pid,stat,comm'], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
        zombies = []
        for line in result.stdout.stri…

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