Shell Programming and Scripting

In that case you could consider using pgrep

Code:

ps -p $(pgrep -d, script-name) -F

or (I've just discovered this myself!) ps -C name

Code:

ps -F -C script-name

You can use the -o switch to define the output format of ps.

Andrew

PS I think your original problem with the environment variables was to do with mixing Posix and UCB command options. Your

Code:

ps -efauxx

was being interpreted as the UCB-compatible command

Code:

ps auxe

You cannot mix options with a - with options without a -