Get-LinuxProcesses

function Get-LinuxProcesses {

    <#
    
    .NOTES
    Plink Help File
    Plink: command-line connection utility
    Release 0.70
    Usage: plink [options] [user@]host [command]
           ("host" can also be a PuTTY saved session name)
    Options:
      -V        print version information and exit
      -pgpfp    print PGP key fingerprints and exit
      -v        show verbose messages
      -load sessname  Load settings from saved session
      -ssh -telnet -rlogin -raw -serial
                force use of a particular protocol
      -P port   connect to specified port
      -l user   connect with specified username
      -batch    disable all interactive prompts
      -proxycmd command
                use 'command' as local proxy
      -sercfg configuration-string (e.g. 19200,8,n,1,X)
                Specify the serial configuration (serial only)
    The following options only apply to SSH connections:
      -pw passw login with specified password
      -D [listen-IP:]listen-port
                Dynamic SOCKS-based port forwarding
      -L [listen-IP:]listen-port:host:port
                Forward local port to remote address
      -R [listen-IP:]listen-port:host:port
                Forward remote port to local address
      -X -x     enable / disable X11 forwarding
      -A -a     enable / disable agent forwarding
      -t -T     enable / disable pty allocation
      -1 -2     force use of particular protocol version
      -4 -6     force use of IPv4 or IPv6
      -C        enable compression
      -i key    private key file for user authentication
      -noagent  disable use of Pageant
      -agent    enable use of Pageant
      -hostkey aa:bb:cc:...
                manually specify a host key (may be repeated)
      -m file   read remote command(s) from file
      -s        remote command is an SSH subsystem (SSH-2 only)
      -N        don't start a shell/command (SSH-2 only)
      -nc host:port
                open tunnel in place of session (SSH-2 only)
      -sshlog file
      -sshrawlog file
                log protocol details to a file
      -shareexists
                test whether a connection-sharing upstream exists
        #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param([parameter()]
          [string]$ComputerName
          [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
          [string]$Target,
          [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
          [object]$Credentials,
          [parameter()]
          [ValidateScript({Test-Path $_ })]
          [string[]]$PLinkPath = "C:\Program Files\PuTTY\plink.exe"
          )

    $UserName = $Credentials.GetNetworkCredential().UserName
    $Password = $Credentials.GetNetworkCredential().Password

    #Command for grabbing process information
    $nixProcsCmd = "`& `$PLinkPath `$UserName@`$ComputerName -pw `$Password"
    $nixProcsCmd += " `"ps -Ao `'%U,%P,%p,%t,%a`'`" 2> `$Null"

    #Enumerate known host keys stored in Registry. 
    Write-Verbose "Checking Registry for $ComputerName known host key"
    $KeysRegistry = (Get-ChildItem -Path "HKCU:\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY").Property
    $KeysRegistry = $KeysRegistry | ForEach { $_ -replace ".+?:","" }

    #If ComputerName wasn't in the known host keys, prepend "echo y |" to accept the remote host
    #key prior to running process command to avoid user interaction requirement
    if($ComputerName -notin $KeysRegistry){ $nixProcsCmd = "echo y | $nixProcsCmd" }

    Write-Verbose "Collecting Process Information..."
    $processlist = Invoke-Expression $nixProcsCmd
    $processlist = $processlist | ConvertFrom-Csv
    
    #Append Collection Timestamp
    $timestamp = (Get-Date).ToString()
    $processlist | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "CollectionTimestamp" -value $timestamp
    $processlist | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "ComputerName" -value $ComputerName    
    
    return $processlist

    }