Use capture instead of run And parameterize the second command to use what was captured
Or investigate pskill and killall that can do it in one step On Sep 17, 2009, at 11:28 AM, pete <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me clarify this a little better... > > I would like to do something like this: > > task :myTask, :roles => :myhost do > run "ps- -aef | grep <searchstring> | head -2 | tail > -1 | awk '{print $2}'" > run "kill <PID FROM PREVIOUS run COMMAND>" > end > > > On Sep 17, 11:57 am, pete <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi- >> >> I want to use Cap to kill a process, but I don't know the PID so I am >> using what I have below to get it: >> >> ps- -aef | grep <searchstring> | head -2 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' >> >> Is it possible to use the results of the above command in a custom >> task and kill off the PID that is returned? >> >> Thanks! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Capistrano" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.uk/group/capistrano?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
