The problem when I use grep with pstree, like `pstree -p | grep process_name` is that the lines of the child processes are also included, what I want is to get only the PID of the parent process for the kill.
Thanks. On 5/11/05, Roger Filomeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > use pstree command to find the parent then issue a kill -9 that sucker. hehe > > > On 5/11/05, Che Sosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > Do you have ideas how to effectively look for the pid of a parent > > process. My objective is to create a script capable of a pid lookup > > and can kill a certain parent process with `kill <pid>`. > > > > Thanks. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
