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Old 06-04-2008
perl for running ps -ef command

I have following script

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$cmd="ps -ef |";
  open(PSINFO, $cmd) || die "Unable to get ps -ef information from System";
while running script with above lines, it is showing following err

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ps: illegal option -- f
usage: ps [ -aceglnrSuUvwx ] [ -t term ] [ num ]

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Old 06-04-2008
Apparently, the -f flag is not available on the underlying OS, check the man pages, and, what is the OS ? If it's BSD like, try "ps -aux"
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