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>>>>> "Karl" == Karl Vogel <vogelke@hcst.com> writes:

>>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:52:58 +0100, 
>>> "mcoyles" <mcoyles@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk> said:

M> kill -9 `ps ax | grep backup | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`

And you don't have to remember grep -v grep if you remember
to use "ps axc" (note the c), since arguments won't show up so the
arguments to grep won't generate a false positive.

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