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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

by 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