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Subject: why does ps |grep sometimes not return itself?
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Why do I sometimes see the grep in ps's output and sometimes not see it?
[eitan@AlphaBeta ~ ]% ps aux|grep Me
eitan 96325  0.0  0.0  1856   724   5  RL+  10:14AM   0:00.00 grep Me
[eitan@AlphaBeta ~ ]% ps aux|grep Me
[eitan@AlphaBeta ~ !1! ]%

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Eitan Adler