Re: AWKing for PIDs (was Re: NetBSD style rc.d scripts?)

## Michael Erdely (mike@erdelynet.com):

> command = "httpd"

For easy use:
pidof() {

	ps -axo pid,ppid,command | awk "\$3==\"$1\" && \$2==\"1\" {print \$1}"
	}

in your .profile. Saves two processes, too (why run grep if you have awk already running?)

Regards,
cmt

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