>>> I want to split "watchfind/-typef-nametoto" (the content >>> of /proc/${PID}/cmdline) to get "watch find / -type f -name toto" (the >>> command I issued above) >>> >>> But I cannot figure out how to split it. >>> Would you know another place in the system I should look at? >>> >>> >> >> Running 'hexdump -C /proc/2202/cmdline' produces this: >> >> 00000000 2f 73 62 69 6e 2f 67 65 74 74 79 00 33 38 34 30 >> |/sbin/getty.3840| >> 00000010 30 00 74 74 79 31 00 |0.tty1.| >> 00000017 >> >> It looks like the fields are separated by 0 bytes. >> You'll simply need to read the file and split on every zero byte. > > You're right. > > I'm no awk expert, so the following command might not be as beautiful as can > be, but it does exactly what Mihamina wants : > > $ cat /proc/PID/cmdline | awk '{BEGIN {FS = "\0"} ; {ORS = " "}; {for (i = 1 > i < NF; i++) print $i}' > While we're at it, here's a perl one-liner :-) cat /proc/self/cmdline | perl -F"\0" -lane 'foreach(@F) { print; }' take care, Joel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs