On 08/09/2017 05:47 PM, bruce wrote:
> trying to get the following to output
> pgrep -f 'bash' | wc -l
>
> the var $xx has the cmd...
> something's missing to allow the backtics to run the cmd..
> if the cmd is hadcoded.run, it works..
>
> can't see what the homer simpson "doh" moment is!
It's kind of silly to pass that through "wc". Just use the "-c"
option to pgrep:
[root@prophead ~]# ps ax | grep bash | grep -v grep | wc -l
28
[root@prophead ~]# pgrep -f bash | wc -l
28
[root@prophead ~]# pgrep -c -f bash
28
I think PHP actually tacks on a blank line when executing the stuff in a
backtick, so the "wc" value will always be 1 greater than the normal
return. That's just a guess from doing a var_dump() on the output of the
command:
[root@prophead ~]# php -a
Interactive shell
php > var_dump(`pgrep -f bash | wc -l`);
string(3) "29
"
php > exit
[root@prophead ~]#
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # ptest.sh
> #
> # use predefined variables to access passed arguments
> #
> # $1
> aa=$1
> aa='bash'
> echo $aa " pp"
> xx="pgrep -f '"${aa}"' | wc -l"
> echo $xx <<< this dsplays the test pgrep
> echo `$xx` << err msg
> echo `${xx}` << err msg...
>
> ## trying to get -- pgrep -f 'bash' | wc -l <<
> ## i'm getting a Usage: pgrep [....] err msg..
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