Incoming from Nick W:
>
> ps -e | awk '$4 ~ /xmms/ {print $1 | "echo"}'
>
> echos a blank line, but no error.
Compare this:
ps -e | awk 'BEGIN {ORS=" "} $4 ~ /xmms/ {print $1"\n" ; echo "$1\n"}'
>From that I get the process number on a line by itself. Where is the
"print $1" going? Standard output? Where's echo's $1 coming from;
print or awk?
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