Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:20:05 -0000 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: "Marco Radzinschi" <marco@radzinschi.com>, "Todd Reed" <ex279@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Kill popd shell Script Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKIEFLGLAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20011128174842.W97804-100000@mail.radzinschi.com>
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Todd: Even simpler, you could just do: killall popd Also, if you are using bourne shell or variants, the format for setting the variable is: variable=`ps -a | grep popd | cut -c1-5` Cheers, Barry > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Marco > Radzinschi > Sent: 28 November 2001 22:51 > > Hello: > > This would put it in a shell variable: > > set variable=`ps -a | grep popd | cut -c1-5' > > Also, you could simply kill it right away with: > > kill `ps -a | grep popd | cut -c1-5' > > (Note that the ` is NOT an apostrophe - it is the symbol on the ~ key) > > > Marco Radzinschi > > E-Mail: marco@radzinschi.com > AOL IM: CrackedBoy > > Running FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 > 5:48PM up 17 days, 2:17, 1 user, load averages: 1.01, 1.00, 1.00 > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Todd Reed wrote: > > > I'm needing some help. I'm wanting to kill Popd before the > system shutdowns > > and I would like it to be automated like the httpd and mysqld. > If I run the > > command ps -a | grep popd | cut -c1-5, I get the PID. Is there > any way to > > get that varible into a shell script varible without having to > write it to a > > file then read from the file, then delete the file? Or am I going about > > this the wrong way? > > > > --Todd > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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