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

On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 01:07:09PM -0500, Michael Erdely wrote:
> I've used this in my scripts in the past... it seems to work:

i like:

PID=`ps -axo pid,ppid,command | egrep "[h]ttpd" \

        | awk '{if ($2 == "1") print $1}' -`

> Basically, you're looking for only the instance of a command where the

yes.

chris

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