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Seriously? People still do this? ps -ef | grep foo | grep -v grep This always works: ps -ef | grep '[f]oo' And, if you're running a modern operating sys

by smcdow 15y ago

Seriously? People still do this? ps -ef | grep foo | grep -v grep This always works: ps -ef | grep '[f]oo' And, if you're running a modern operating system: pgrep foo

Despite 15y ago
I use both, but 'grep -v grep' is far easier to type. And I almost always want the full ps output, or I'm searching for a commandline argument rather than the process name, so pgrep is out.
- smcdow 15y ago
  function psg () { [[ -z "$1" ]] && return ; local _first=${1:0:1} ; local _rest=${1:1} ; [[ -z "$_rest" ]] && _rest='[^]]' ; local _com="ps -ef | grep '[$_first]'$_rest" ; eval "$_com" }
  - Despite 15y ago
    Wow, that's certainly one way to do it. I'm still not seeing an issue with 'grep -v grep'.
    - smcdow 15y ago
      Drop it in your .bashrc and just type "psg foo"
    - smcdow 15y ago
      ps -ef | grep foo | grep -v grep Will fail if foo="grep"
  - eik3_de 15y ago
    My take: https://gist.github.com/936362 https://gist.github.com/936362
- devicenull 15y ago
  Check out pgrep -f