Re: kill pidof question
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:27:17AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: I frequently have to kill iceape - it locks up on some images. Of course the command pidof iceape-bin will return the pid to standard output and I can then use this information to kill the program. Certainly it must be possible to combine these steps into a single command line but my efforts to do so have all failed. Would some pro at scripting please set me straight? Tom (from my old scripts, I found these lines:) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - if [ -z `pidof iceape-bin` ]; then ## (returned zero) echo IceApe not running fi ... if [ -n `pidof iceape-bin` ]; then ## (returned non-zero) echo IceApe is running fi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - hope this might improve your control Wilko -- Wilko Fokken . . . . . . . . . . . . . De Künst' geiht wiet, say de Boer; Landschaftspolder 67 . . . . . . . . . do sach hei 'n Aap. D-26831 Bunde . . . . . . (Arts must have come a long way, Tel. 04953-9219882 . . . . . . . . said the landlord becaming aware of an ape.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101126160606.ga3...@fok03.laje.edewe.de
kill pidof question
I frequently have to kill iceape - it locks up on some images. Of course the command pidof iceape-bin will return the pid to standard output and I can then use this information to kill the program. Certainly it must be possible to combine these steps into a single command line but my efforts to do so have all failed. Would some pro at scripting please set me straight? Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101030142717.ga9...@tomgeorge.info
Re: kill pidof question
Dne, 30. 10. 2010 16:27:17 je Thomas H. George napisal(a): I frequently have to kill iceape - it locks up on some images. Of course the command pidof iceape-bin will return the pid to standard output and I can then use this information to kill the program. Certainly it must be possible to combine these steps into a single command line but my efforts to do so have all failed. Would some pro at scripting please set me straight? Would snip killall iceape-bin pins do, or are your looking for something more specific? -- Cheerio, Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com Certifiable Loonix User #481801 Please reply to the list, not to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1288452816.800...@compax
Re: kill pidof question
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:27:17 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: I frequently have to kill iceape - it locks up on some images. Of course the command pidof iceape-bin will return the pid to standard output and I can then use this information to kill the program. Certainly it must be possible to combine these steps into a single command line but my efforts to do so have all failed. Would some pro at scripting please set me straight? kill `pidof iceape-bin` Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.10.30.15.37...@gmail.com
Re: kill pidof question
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 03:37:01PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:27:17 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: I frequently have to kill iceape - it locks up on some images. Of course the command pidof iceape-bin will return the pid to standard output and I can then use this information to kill the program. Certainly it must be possible to combine these steps into a single command line but my efforts to do so have all failed. Would some pro at scripting please set me straight? kill `pidof iceape-bin` Thanks, this works. I had not known the use of backward single quotes. I'll read up on them. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.10.30.15.37...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101030163439.ga10...@tomgeorge.info
Re: kill pidof question
Thomas H. George wrote: Camaleón wrote: kill `pidof iceape-bin` Thanks, this works. I had not known the use of backward single quotes. I'll read up on them. Better is the newer $(...) way because $(...)'s can be nested. The backticks are great for single simple commands. But if you try to nest them then the quoting rules become quite hard. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
