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

Have a look at my answer here. It covers what I found when trying to do this myself.

Edit: Have a look at this thread on debian-user for a bash script that tries its best to do what you want (look for version 3 of the script in that thread).