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Old 11-18-2010
More ps questions.
Hey all,

Thanks for all the help you have given me. Two more things I am trying to figure out.

I need to issue a command..example


Code:
ps -ef | grep <process>

This would return about 10-15 running processes. I need to verify that there are x amount of processes running. What is the best way to do that.

Next, I need to verify that the one process that is running is in a certain status aka connected..so when the grep is ran, I need it to verify that the PID is in a certain status.

Thanks for all the help so far guys
# 2  
Old 11-18-2010
Code:
n=$(ps -ef | grep <process> | wc -l)
echo "$n <process> are currently running"

# 3  
Old 11-18-2010
Some version of grep support -c, --count only print a count of matching lines per FILE option, please read your grep manual OR pgrep.
# 4  
Old 11-19-2010
Thank you all, The second part of the question was how do I make it so that it looks for this..

Code:
 
    root  233222  912332   0   Nov 16      -  0:08 process-database: db (idle) 
    root  614574  912332   0   Nov 16      -  0:09 process-database: db (idle) 
    root  912332       1   0   Nov 16      -  0:00 process-database: (accepting) 
 user     991264 1343556   0 08:59:12  pts/0  0:00 grep process 
    root 1032222  912332   0   Nov 16      -  0:09 process-database: db (idle) 
    root 1310832  912332   0   Nov 16      -  0:11 process-database: db (idle) 
    root 1231333  912332   0   Nov 16      -  0:00 process-database: license (Cur(0), Max(100))

I need to make sure that the one PID says "(accepting)"

first step I would assume would be

Code:
ps -ef | grep process > process.out

Then I just need to look for the literal string "accepting"...
Last edited by jeffs42885; 11-19-2010 at 10:33 AM..
# 5  
Old 11-19-2010
Code:
ps -ef | grep accepting

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# 6  
Old 11-19-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
Code:
n=$(ps -ef | grep <process> | wc -l)
echo "$n <process> are currently running"

The grep process itself needs to be excluded. If the process is called "gnorky", you can use:
Code:
ps -ef | grep [g]norky

for example
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# 7  
Old 11-19-2010
Thank you again.

I am almost there

Can you tell me what is wrong with the code? I am getting the grep process back.

Here's what I have

Code:
n=$(ps -ef | grep process | grep -v process | wc -l) 
echo "$n process are currently running"

There should always only be 1 process running and it's coming back zero.

EDIT -

Thank you very much scrutinizer, that works perfectly!
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