11-03-2008
grep exact string/ avoid substring search
Hi All,
I have 2 programs running by the following names:
a_testloop.sh
testloop.sh
I read these programs names from a file and store each of them into a variable called $program.
On the completion of the above programs i should send an email.
When i use grep with ps to see if any of these are running i cannot differentiate between the two.
I am using the following command:
ps -ef|grep $program|grep -v grep
The above command succeeds for both the cases even when only a_testloop.sh is running as testloop.sh is a part of a_testloop.sh. I want to grep/search only the exact string not substring. Please help.
Thanks,
Albert
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ZGREP(1) General Commands Manual ZGREP(1)
NAME
zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
SYNOPSIS
zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...
DESCRIPTION
Zgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. These grep options will cause zgrep to terminate with an error code:
(-[drRzZ]|--di*|--exc*|--inc*|--rec*|--nu*). All other options specified are passed directly to grep. If no file is specified, then the
standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to grep.
If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked.
EXIT CODE
2 - An option that is not supported was specified.
AUTHOR
Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
SEE ALSO
grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)
ZGREP(1)