Comments on: Find a PID with ps + awk

By: gwenn

gwenn — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

There's the pidof command too :

$ pidof ssh
26304 23541 18200

Jkx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t remember exactly why, but last time, pidof doesn’t work for me. and awk does .. Anyway, this can be a quick awk introduction

Jkx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Somebody tells me that pidof isn’t portable too .. :)

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

pidof is only valid in Linux and maybe not every distro.

btisdall — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

not forgetting pgrep...

kpd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cool. Thanks. It's been on my when I get around to it list for a long time.