Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:42:45 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown <j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with shell script Message-ID: <201101130842.45695.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <C756456F-3B1C-4210-BA40-3A064384A038@panix.com> References: <4D2DB449.6070901@esiee.fr> <AANLkTinkSOUm84RamXn8qToxb5YQG%2BH6VwOtKZJVy7nN@mail.gmail.com> <C756456F-3B1C-4210-BA40-3A064384A038@panix.com>
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On Wednesday 12 January 2011 17:58:33 David Scheidt wrote: > > ps ax | grep [s]lapd | wc -l > > The [] creates a one-character class that doesn't match the regex. Easier > to type and grep should be a bit faster. And you can save another process by using ps ax | grep -c '[s]lapd' Although as others have pointed out, you can also use pgrep. Jonathan
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