matching pattern in 'ps' command

haroon_a · #1 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Hi all,

I have two instance of jboss (jboss and jboss2). In a shell script that I am writing, I need to grep for each instance of jboss.

If i use ps -ef|grep 'jboss', it will also return the process for my second instance of jboss, which is jboss2. Can someone tell me how can i specify the exact string? in this case only 'jboss' and exclude 'jboss2'.

Thanks in advance.

scottn · #2 (**permalink**) 2 Weeks Ago

Code:

ps -ef | grep "jboss[^2]"

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