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Old 04-10-2015
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Hello,
I want to grep a specific process named "TEST" in AIX but not only is it showing what I want but also listing others that have the similar name. How can I only list "TEST"? I've tried using options grep -w with no change and grep -o isn't supported in my environment.

Please advise.

Output I'm getting:
HTML Code:
# ps -ef | grep 'SYS.TLOCK.* TEST'
root  6354813        1   0 02:17:01      -  0:00 phantom SYS.TLOCK.BLANKET.RELEASE TEST-23
root 21546512        1   0 02:17:01      -  0:00 phantom SYS.TLOCK.BLANKET.RELEASE TEST
root 57813454        1   0 02:17:01      -  0:00 phantom SYS.TLOCK.BLANKET.RELEASE TEST-RED
# 2  
Old 04-10-2015
Did you consider 'SYS.TLOCK.* TEST$' as the pattern? The $ sign indicates the line end.
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# 3  
Old 04-10-2015
Thanks RudiC! That worked perfectly!
# 4  
Old 04-11-2015
Hello again,
I have a follow up question on the same topic.

My script asks the user to enter the current working directory for a "PEND.PAH" process. It will then display the working directory and the running process. My problem is how can I get it to only display "TEST" and not TESTDEMO? I tried inputing the $ sign but it didn't work. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Code:
printf "Enter Account name: "
read A

        ps -e -o pid,args | grep "PEND.PAH" | grep -v grep | while read pid command
        do
          ln=`procwdx $pid`
          echo "$ln" | grep -q "${A}" && echo "$ln" && ps -ef | grep $pid | grep -v grep | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'
        done
        echo


OUTPUT:
Code:
54831582:       /home/TESTDEMO/
root 54831582        1   0 02:16:23      -  0:00 phantom PEND.PAH

72218431:       /home/TEST/
root 72218431        1   0 04:32:40      -  0:00 phantom PEND.PAH

# 5  
Old 04-11-2015
Not clear. Where does TESTEDMO show up?
# 6  
Old 04-12-2015
Assuming you entered TEST into A, you can precise the filter with
Code:
echo "$ln" | grep -q "/${A}/" ...

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# 7  
Old 04-14-2015
Sorry for not replying sooner. Your suggestion worked perfectly! thank you so much!
 
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