Here is a sample of what your piece of code returns on my Aix box. 44520 -> /prog/gena/8.1.1/bin/dispatch 44650 -> reproject 45176 -> aioserver 45432 -> aioserver 45724 -> -ksh 46002 -> /bin/bsh 46232 -> /usr/dt/bin/dtterm 46584 -> /usr/bin/ksh 46820 -> /usr/dt/bin/ttsession 47060 -> /bin/bsh 47304 -> /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin 47396 -> /usr/dt/bin/dtterm 47722 -> dtfile 47942 -> /usr/dt/bin/dtsession 48272 -> dtfile 48568 -> ora_cjq0_gist 48758 -> gxtrackd 49032 -> dtwm 49330 -> /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piohpnpf 49592 -> bsh 49672 -> /usr/dt/bin/dtterm 50170 -> /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin 50400 -> dtterm 50604 -> dispscript 50844 -> genie 51096 -> /prog/gena/8.1.1/bin/dispatch 51348 -> gmap 51676 -> reproject 51874 -> gxtrackd 52086 -> ps 52378 -> perl 52646 -> sh 53164 -> /usr/bin/ksh 53432 -> /bin/bsh
Like $cmd will stop at the end of the word, not the end of the rest of the line. Steve Hemond Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestières La Tuque, P.Q. Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: drieux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:24 PM > To: Perl Perl > Subject: Re: RE : RE : RE : Regular expressions > > > > On Dec 17, 2003, at 10:16 AM, Hemond, Steve wrote: > > > I am issuing this command on an Aix box and running allright :-) > > interesting, > > let's do a quick piece of test code > > open(PS, "ps -efA|") or die "unable to open ps command\n:$!"; > while (<PS>) { > ($uid,$pid,$ppid,$c,$stime,$tty,$time,$cmd) = split; > print "$pid -> $cmd\n"; > } > close(PS); > > that will at least get us to what is going on with > the actual $cmd data itself. > > > Forgive my curiosity.. > > Curiosity Killed The Cat you know... > "But the cat came back, the very next day, > thought he was a gonner but cat came back..." > - old american folk song. > > > are you running Solaris on a x86 box? > > Solaris on Sparc and x86 > FreeBsd, some variations on linux, > my desk top tho is OSX. > Haven't been on an AIX box in a while. > Loved Unicos. But real Men are not afraid > to toggle it into a PDP-8.... or an AN/Ukky-20 > in battleship grey, or ... > > > ciao > drieux > > --- > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>