Need to get pid of a process and have to store the pid in a variable - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

samudha · #1 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007

Hi,

I need to get the pid of a process and have to store the pid in a variable and i want to use this value(pid) of the variable for some process. Please can anyone tell me how to get the pid of a process and store it in a variable. please help me on this.

Thanks in advance,
Amudha

lorcan · #2 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007

This is to find the pid for the single process

Code:

ps -ef | grep 'your procees' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | read pid

aigles · #3 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorcan

This is to find the pid for the single process

Code:

ps -ef | grep 'your procees' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | read pid

You can do yhe work without using the grep command :

Code:

pid=`ps -ef | awk '/your process/{ print $2 }'`

Jean-Pierre.

matrixmadhan · #4 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007

Code:

var1=`ps -ef | awk '/process_name/ { print $2 }'`

I believe this had been answered many times/

Try searching the forums

samudha · #5 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007

Hi,

Thanks for your help. your command is working fine. i can able to store the pid of process in a variable. Thank you once again

radoulov · #6 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007

Code:

set -- $(ps -eo pid,args|grep [y]our_process); p="$1"

milangautami · #7 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008

Hi ,

How to store pid of process in a variable and check its value?

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