On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:57:25PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > > > >> "Karl" == Karl Vogel <voge...@hcst.com> writes:
>
> > > > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:52:58 +0100,
> > > > "mcoyles" <mcoy...@horbury.wakefield.sch.uk> said:
>
> M> kill -9 `ps ax | grep backup | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
>
> And you don't have to remember grep -v grep if you remember
> to use "ps axc" (note the c), since arguments won't show up so the
> arguments to grep won't generate a false positive.
Alternatively:
ps ax | grep [b]ackup | awk '{print $1}'
Or to avoid being nominated for something like the Useless Use of Cat
award:
ps ax | awk '/[b]ackup/ {print $1}'
Making use pgrep/pkill would seem to make the most sense.
--
George
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