Hi,
Just to mention, no user processes were running except x-windows and 2-3
terminal windows.
Mandar
Mrinal Kalakrishnan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Mandar Behere typed:
> > it's a P III 500 MHz , 256 MB RAM . I don't think it's a slow machine.
> > and RAM is also enough. Any other possible reason ?
>
> Phew! This thing is taxing my brain! Maybe you have a *huge* list of
> processes, and the whole thing can't be buffered during the pipe, so
> grep runs, and ps finds grep. :-)
>
> Bottomline is - don't rely on grep being there or not being there.
>
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