From: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM)
Date: Wed Jul 03 2002 - 08:19:39 EDT
"... | grep [p]gm" is good, but it's better to surround the string in
single quotes like this: ... | grep '[p]mg'
If you don't use the single quotes, AND pgm exists in the current directory
then the shell will expand "[p]gm" to "pgm" and your right back where you
started.
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Green, Simon" <SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: check program if running
> > From: Bruce Harvey [mailto:BruceH@ROUTESCAPE.COM]
> > Sent: 02 July 2002 18:48
> >
> > Don't forget the "... | grep -v grep" to avoid finding your
> > grep command ...
>
> Or use the more aesthetically pleasing and fractionally more efficient
> brackets: "... | grep [p]gm"
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
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