How old are inetd's children? #badpython

gistfile1.py

import os
import stat
from os.path import dirname
from glob import glob
import time

for cmdline in glob('/proc/*/cmdline'):
    f = open(cmdline).read()
    if f.startswith('/usr/sbin/inetd'):
        inetd_pid = int(cmdline.split('/')[2])

ages = []

for status in glob('/proc/*/status'):
    try:
        lines = open(status).readlines()
        for line in lines:
            if line.startswith('PPid'):
                ppid = int(line.split()[1])
                if ppid == inetd_pid:
                    cmdline = open('%s/cmdline' % dirname(status)).read()
                    pid = int(dirname(status).split('/')[2])
                    inception = os.stat('%s/mounts' % dirname(status))[stat.ST_CTIME]
                    ages.append((int(time.time() - inception), pid))
    except:
        pass

ages.sort()
print ages