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Why not use pgrep?

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pgrep -nf /usr/sbin/httpd

This will return you the pid of the latest httpd process.

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If i don't want to mention the path. Below command is fine?

Code:

# pgrep  -n ^httpd$
9561

# echo $?
0

cross-checking

# pgrep  -n ^httpd1$


# echo $?
1

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