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Get pids for each beam application in Elixir

In Elixir, it's hard to determine what pids belong to what applications just by using Process.info

iex> pid(0,45,0) |> Process.info
[
  current_function: {:application_master, :main_loop, 2},
  initial_call: {:proc_lib, :init_p, 5},
  status: :waiting,
  message_queue_len: 0,
  links: [#PID<0.46.0>, #PID<0.43.0>],
  dictionary: [
    "$ancestors": [#PID<0.44.0>],
    "$initial_call": {:application_master, :init, 4}
  ],
  trap_exit: true,
  error_handler: :error_handler,
  priority: :normal,
  group_leader: #PID<0.45.0>,
  total_heap_size: 376,
  heap_size: 376,
  stack_size: 7,
  reductions: 49,
  garbage_collection: [
    max_heap_size: %{error_logger: true, kill: true, size: 0},
    min_bin_vheap_size: 46422,
    min_heap_size: 233,
    fullsweep_after: 65535,
    minor_gcs: 0
  ],
  suspending: []
]

With the above output, I can't tell what application this is!

I can use the :running key of Erlang's :application.info to get a map of applications to pids.

iex> :application.info[:running]
[
  logger: #PID<0.93.0>,
  iex: #PID<0.85.0>,
  elixir: #PID<0.79.0>,
  compiler: :undefined,
  stdlib: :undefined,
  kernel: #PID<0.45.0>
]

Oh ok, pid(0,45,0) is the Kernel application.

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