How to parse /proc/pid/cmdline

Question

I\'m trying to split the cmdline of a process on Linux but it seems I cannot rely on it to be separated by \'\\0\' characters. Do you know why sometimes the \'\\0\' character is

Answer 1

Use

cat /proc/2634/cmdline | tr "\0" " "

to get the args separated by blanks, as you would see it on a command line.