Shell Programming and Scripting

VAR=$(ps -ef | grep batch_proc_x | grep -v grep)
echo $VAR

splgwin 13195 13100  0 14:13:13 pts/tb    0:00 /usr/bin/ksh ./batch_proc_x.sh

        FTP_HOUR=$(echo $VAR|cut -c22-23)
        FTP_MIN=$(echo $VAR|cut -c25-26)
        FTP_SEC=$(echo $VAR|cut -c28-29)

FTP_HOUR=`echo $VAR | awk '{print $5;}' | awk -F: '{print $1;}'`
FTP_MIN=`echo $VAR | awk '{print $5;}' | awk -F: '{print $2;}'`
FTP_SEC=`echo $VAR | awk '{print $5;}' | awk -F: '{print $3;}'`

echo $VAR | awk ' { print $5 } ' | IFS=":" read FTP_HOUR FTP_MIN FTP_SEC