code: def check_process_by_name(self, process):
          
          status = False
          cmd_line_glob = "/proc/[0-9]*/cmdline"
          try:
              cmd_line_paths = glob.glob(cmd_line_glob)
              for path in cmd_line_paths:
                  f = open(path, 'r')
                  cmd_line = f.read().strip()
                  if process in cmd_line:
                      status = True
          except IOError as e:
              return False
          return status
docs: Checks if a named process is found in /proc/[0-9]*/cmdline.
          Returns either True or False.