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Old 01-18-2012
Trying to filter user procs older than n days
Hello;

Trying to filter user procs older than n days from todays date.

The data I have to work with:
Code:
UNIX95= ps -ef -o user,pid,ppid,cpu,etime,stime | grep "-" | grep -v ^root |more
daemon    2048     1  0 47-01:55:24  Dec  2
dslgrai   4352  4351  0 6-00:13:00  Jan 12
sfmdb     2425  2421  0 47-01:55:19  Dec  2
sfmdb     2421     1  0 47-01:55:20  Dec  2
sfmdb     2426  2425  0 47-01:55:19  Dec  2
dslsw    14394     1  0 47-00:43:53  Dec  2
sfmdb     2702  2421  0 47-01:54:52  Dec  2
progress 10460     1 19 3-12:41:48  Jan 15
sfmdb     2648  2421  0 47-01:54:58  Dec  2
cimsrvr   2623  2622 39 47-01:55:08  Dec  2
sfmdb     2707  2421  0 47-01:54:52  Dec  2
dslhhan  16698 14680  0 11-21:45:11  Jan  6
progress  2682     1 43 3-12:35:57  Jan 15
sfmdb     3646  2421  0 47-01:53:39  Dec  2
hpsmh     3229  3224  0 47-01:53:59  Dec  2
sfmdb     3394  2421  0 47-01:53:52  Dec  2
sfmdb     2765  2421  0 47-01:54:48  Dec  2
dslslin  26129 26127  0 5-01:23:15  Jan 13
dslsw     4688     1  0 47-01:51:35  Dec  2
sfmdb     3593  2421  0 47-01:53:39  Dec  2
progress 28833     1 19 3-12:44:36  Jan 15
progress 28750     1  1 3-12:44:49  Jan 15
sfmdb     3594  2421  0 47-01:53:39  Dec  2
lp       19045     1  0 45-03:30:04  Dec  4
progress  1982     1 58 3-12:28:21  Jan 15
dslaban   9307  9220  0 2-02:06:43  Jan 16
progress 28105     1 46 3-12:37:01  Jan 15
dslaban   8804  8786  0 2-02:06:55  Jan 16

The comman I am using:

Code:
D=$(echo $(date +%d) -1|bc)
UNIX95= ps -ef -o user,pid,ppid,cpu,etime,stime | grep "-" | grep -v ^root |\
awk -v i=$D '(($6 == "Jan") && ($7 < $i)) || ($6 =="Dec")'

Output I am getting:

Code:
daemon    2048     1  0 47-02:20:36  Dec  2
sfmdb     2425  2421  0 47-02:20:31  Dec  2
sfmdb     2421     1  0 47-02:20:32  Dec  2
sfmdb     2426  2425  0 47-02:20:31  Dec  2
dslsw    14394     1  0 47-01:09:05  Dec  2
sfmdb     2702  2421  0 47-02:20:04  Dec  2
sfmdb     2648  2421  0 47-02:20:10  Dec  2
cimsrvr   2623  2622  0 47-02:20:20  Dec  2
sfmdb     2707  2421  0 47-02:20:04  Dec  2
sfmdb     3646  2421  0 47-02:18:51  Dec  2
hpsmh     3229  3224  0 47-02:19:11  Dec  2
sfmdb     3394  2421  0 47-02:19:04  Dec  2
sfmdb     2765  2421  0 47-02:20:00  Dec  2
dslsw     4688     1  0 47-02:16:47  Dec  2
sfmdb     3593  2421  0 47-02:18:51  Dec  2
sfmdb     3594  2421  0 47-02:18:51  Dec  2
lp       19045     1  0 45-03:55:16  Dec  4
sfmdb     6416  2421  0 46-22:23:22  Dec  2
dslawes  15380     1  0 26-21:21:34  Dec 22
dslbsab  28896 28776  0 41-22:48:55  Dec  7
dslbsab  28230     1  0 41-22:49:16  Dec  7
dslawes  16119 15380  0 26-21:21:15  Dec 22

In other words, I am missing all procs started in January
having a bit of trouble seeing what I am missing here.

Thanks for all advice
# 2  
Old 01-18-2012
A lot of those processes like daemon and sfmdb and others you should not kill.

Anyway there some better ways to do this on some systems. What OS are you using?
(i.e., please post the output of
Code:
uname -a

)
# 3  
Old 01-18-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
A lot of those processes like daemon and sfmdb and others you should not kill.

Anyway there some better ways to do this on some systems. What OS are you using?
(i.e., please post the output of
Code:
uname -a

)
HP-UX 11.31, Thnx

---------- Post updated at 10:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:42 PM ----------

solved .. should have used "i" instead of "$i"
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