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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) ps and grep problem Post 302255063 by cmr164 on Wednesday 5th of November 2008 09:48:36 PM
Old 11-05-2008
`ps aux` does not output either "firefox" or "Firefox" on an 80 character xterm or Terminal. Unless you include a 'w' option or widen the window then it won't work. Below is a sample output with an 80 char screen and another with a 170 wide screen:

sh-2.05b$ ps aux |grep firefox
sh-2.05b$

Now with 170 char wide

sh-2.05b$ ps aux |grep firefox
crichmon 20611 3.0 21.7 1301024 284200 ?? Ss Sun03PM 666:48.92 /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -foreground
crichmon 24064 0.0 0.0 27368 444 p5 S+ 10:44AM 0:00.00 grep firefox


Then 80 char term but with the 'w':

sh-2.05b$ ps auxw |grep firefox
crichmon 20611 3.2 21.7 1301624 284800 ?? Ss Sun03PM 666:51.70 /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -foregrou
crichmon 24066 0.0 0.0 18060 260 p5 R+ 10:45AM 0:00.00 grep firefox
sh-2.05b$
 

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LEARN ABOUT POSIX

firefox

FIREFOX(1)							Linux User's Manual							FIREFOX(1)

NAME

       firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION

       Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

USAGE

       firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable.

OPTIONS

       A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.

   GTK options
       --gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set

       --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
	      Gdk debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-debug=FLAGS
	      Gtk+ debugging flags to set

       --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
	      Gtk+ debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-module=MODULE
	      Load an additional Gtk module

   X11 options
       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

       --sync Make X calls synchronous

       --no-xshm
	      Don't use X shared memory extension

       --xim-preedit=STYLE

       --xim-status=STYLE

       --g-fatal-warnings
	      Make all warnings fatal

   Firefox options
       -h, -help
	      Show summary of options.

       -height value
	      Set height of startup window to value.

       -width value
	      Set width of startup window to value.

       -v, -version
	      Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.

       -CreateProfile profile
	      Create profile.

       -P profile
	      Start with profile.

       -ProfileManager
	      Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale lang-region
	      Start with lang-region resources.

       -contentLocale lang-region
	      Start with lang-region resources.

       -remote command
	      Execute command in an already running Firefox process.  For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

       -no-remote
	      Don't try to control an already running instance.

       -jsconsole
	      Start with Javascript Console

       -chrome url
	      Load the specified chrome.

       -new-window url
	      Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.

       -new-tab url
	      Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.

       -preferences
	      Open Firefox preferences menu.

       -safe-mode
	      Disables extensions and themes for this session.

       FILES  /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
	      /usr/lib/firefox/firefox - firefox executable

VERSION

       3.0

BUGS

       To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

SEE ALSO

       mozilla(1)

AUTHORS

       The Mozilla Organization
	      http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

firefox 							 January 04, 2006							FIREFOX(1)
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