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Old 07-10-2013
awk hanging from running command

Code:
awk -v youth=1599 -v d="$(/bin/ps -ef)" 'd ~/ 1599 / && d !~/ awk / && (($2 == youth) || ($3 == youth)) {print $2" "$3}'

i feel like i'm very close here. what am i doing wrong?
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Old 07-10-2013
Your awk program is waiting for input. Why don't you pipe the output of ps instead:
Code:
/bin/ps -ef | awk ...

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