Re: Infinite Regression ?

[rj]

Try something like:

if{ps -elf | grep 'program_name' | wc -l} > 1 then 'program_name' 

should be "running".

On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Paul Murphy wrote:

> I am trying to write a script that tests if a certain program is
> running, I thought to use :
> 
> if ( ps x | grep "program_name" }
> 
> but this will ALWAYS return TRUE [from grep]. How to deal with this??
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