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# PID Of The Current Shell
`$` expands to the process ID of the shell. So, you can see the PID of the
current shell with `echo $$`.
```bash
> echo $$
36609
> zsh
> echo $$
45431
> exit
> echo $$
36609
```
See the `Special Paramaters` section of `man bash` for more details.
[source](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21063765/get-pid-in-shell-bash)