02-12-2004
Try this
There is always a better way, but here is an idea.
grep out the grep process.
so it looks like this now:
pid=`/usr/bin/ps -e | /usr/bin/grep cron | /usr/bin/grep -v grep | /usr/bin/sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ .*//'`
Last edited by viRaven; 02-12-2004 at 01:31 PM..
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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:
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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)