Well, if you're on that bent, why not do pgrep -f /usr/sbin/httpd |wc -l if all you want is a count... :) (Granted, pgrep is not available on _all_ systems.) Regards, -G -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Kozakoff Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:40 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: shell script to count httpd processes Why not cut out the middleman too... ps -afe | grep /usr/sbin/httpd | grep --count -v grep -Steve >>> PCampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 3/16/2005 14:26 >>> What about ps -afe | grep /usr/sbin/httpd | grep -v grep| wc -l K.i.s.s. -- Patrick Campbell OurVacationStore.com Website Administrator Tel. 602.896.4729 -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Kozakoff Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:22 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: shell script to count httpd processes I would recommend looking for the full path, in case (like me) you have other things with the string "httpd" in the name. for i in `ps -afe | grep /usr/sbin/httpd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'` do COUNT=$((COUNT+1)) done echo $COUNT (Another) Steve -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
