From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 17 14:22:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA12078 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:22:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA12031 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:20:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA09807; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199709172120.OAA09807@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Chuck cc: xiyuan qian , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sorry to ask a freebsd-question question! In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 17 Sep 97 09:17:10 -0400. Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:20:00 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You could also do this, in case you wanted to see ppp that may not be at the end of the line: ps -ax | grep ppp | grep -v grep >Easy! ps -ax | grep 'ppp$' >On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, xiyuan qian wrote: >> Hi, I know "ps -ax | grep ppp" can find the ppp running's pid, but when I do >> that, it sometimes show me >> 616 .... ppp >> 716 .... ps -ax | grep ppp >> or sometimes it only show me >> 616 ....ppp >> Why? How can I deny the "ps -ax | grep ppp" showing out? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------