Feature request: custom arguments to pgrep for procstat

[phemmer]

Proposal:

For advanced use cases, it would be nice to be able to provide custom arguments to the pgrep command used by the procstat input plugin.

Current behavior:

No such option

Desired behavior:

[[inputs.procstat]]
  pgrep = ["-w","-x","foo"]

Use case: [Why is this important (helps with prioritizing requests)]

In my specific use case, and in the example I gave above, we want -w so that we can monitor threads. We also need -x so that pgrep doesn't erroneously match the wrong process. The -x is just a nicety though, and we can match other ways. The important bit which we have no workaround for is the -w. But a generic way to provide custom arguments makes it more flexible so users can do whatever they want.

Ref: #1828 #1723 #932

[sparrc]

I agree this would be good to have

[danielnelson]

So long as we are exec'ing pgrep, and not some mythical cross platform pid finding library, I agree we should do this.

[adityacj]

Any ETA on this?

[tguenneguez]

Good morning,
Why don't you use in your patterns:
“^toto$”?
Will it be the same?
Thanks
Thomas