* James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [20080825 15:03]: > I could use a little help with ps and grep. When running a command like: > > # ps -ewf | grep sendmail > root 2730 1 0 Jul14 ? 00:00:01 sendmail: accepting connections > smmsp 2739 1 0 Jul14 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue > root 6500 6362 0 07:51 pts/3 00:00:00 grep sendmail Try # ps -ef | grep [s]endmail instead. Should do what you want (does for me anyway). > Is there any way to run this command and get these results, but exclude > the actual grep itself, which is the last line? > > A little background, I have a java based application that I've used a > custom start and stop script for. Basically the stop script does: > stop() { > for pid in `ps -efww | grep myapp | grep -v grep | cut -b 10-15`;do > #echo $pid > kill -9 $pid > done > RETVAL=$? > return $RETVAL > } Well, in a shell, $$ is the PID. If you can capture your process PID when it starts, you simply write it in a file in /var/run/ and when you stop, you issue a "kill -9 $(</var/run/pidfile)". > This has worked for years, but for some reason it has stopped working. I > think it may be because the process is killing itself before it kills > the app? > > I assume the correct way to do this is store the pid in a file that you > reference, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. > > Any help is appreciated. You can have a look at various init scripts in /etc/init.d/ to get an idea about how they done it. /Anders -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list