Process list cleanup

main.py

@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ async def get_processes(self):
 
         process_list = []
 
-        # Get a list of processes using ps for the current user, we need the PID and the untruncated process name.
+        # Get a list of processes using ps for the current user, we need the PID, executable name, and the untruncated process name.
+        # Processes are sorted by memory usage in descending order.
         ps = subprocess.Popen(
-            ["ps", "-u", "1000", "-o", "pid,command"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            ["ps", "-u", "1000", "-o", "pid=,comm=,command=", "--sort=-rss"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 
         output = subprocess.check_output(
             ('grep', '-v', 'grep'), stdin=ps.stdout)
@@ -36,18 +37,13 @@ async def get_processes(self):
 
         # Parse output
         for line in output.splitlines():
-            pid, name = line.decode().split(None, 1)
-
-            # If the name doesn't contain any string from the blacklist, append it
-            if not any(x in name for x in blacklist):
-                process_list.append({"pid": pid, "name": name})
-
-        # Remove blacklisted processes#
-        for process in process_list:
-            for blacklist_item in blacklist:
-                # Check if blacklist item is contained in the process name
-                if blacklist_item in process["name"]:
-                    process_list.remove(process)
+            pid, name, full_name = line.decode().split(None, 2)
+
+            # If the name contains any string from the blacklist, skip it
+            if any(x in full_name for x in blacklist):
+                continue
+
+            process_list.append({"pid": pid, "name": name})
 
         return process_list