On 20 Aug 2003 17:31:09 -0500 Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> wrote: > > I kind of like your hack. What if you don't know the name of the > command but know it contains ssh. > ps -ef |grep -v grep|grep ssh - Works > ps -C ssh - Does Not > why not just the old Unix favorite (well, at least mine): ps -ef|grep ssh Why bother with the grep -v and such when all you're doing is checking for a running process visually? If you're using a script and don't want to see the pid of the grep then it's fine, IMO. Less typing at times is better. -- Shawn The difficult we do today; the impossible take a little longer. Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list