[aclug-L] Re: script to kill

[glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 22 Mar, To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 22 Mar, Carl D Cravens wrote:
>> Huh.  What are you substituting for PROG?  Do note that the /x/ function
>> of awk is a regular expression match... if you search for something like
>> /sh/, it'll find bash, ksh, sh, fish, shell, etc.  So if you're searching
>> for something common, you'll have to be careful to write the pattern to be
>> as specific as possible.  
> 
> yup, the kill `ps e awk junk` is what i did, HOEVER, i'm an idiot and
> can't follow instructions...  i replaced /PROG/ with the program i'm
> killing...  rather than just replacing the PROG part... seems to work
> now... thanks a lot everyone!!!

hmm...  that still didn't work, and the command (w/o the kill) returned
nothing...  figured out i needed to use ps ax instead of ps e... works
great now!!! : ^ )

jesse

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