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Old 02-16-2007
cut question
Code:
#!/bin/bash

echo "UserName  PID     Command"
ps -ef > ps.temp
grep '^[a-z]\{2,3\}[0-9]\{4\}' ps.temp > ps.temp2
cut -f1,2,8 ps.temp2
rm ps.temp*

I am having some problems with the cut command. I only want to display the UID (field 1), PID(field 2), and Command(field 8). Right now the whole ps -ef line is display. Please help?!
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Old 02-16-2007
Why don't you just use the formatted output ps command?

eg:
Code:
ps -eo uid,pid,args

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Old 02-16-2007
yea that does make more sense...thanks!
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Old 02-16-2007
the uid displays as the number and not the username...how do i get the username instead of the number?
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Old 02-16-2007
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Originally Posted by knc9233
the uid displays as the number and not the username...how do i get the username instead of the number?
you make me wonder what the use is of manual pages in Unix

ps -eo user,pid,args
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Old 02-17-2007
Now now

(2) No negative comments about others or impolite remarks. Be patient.

That's why for some of the questions that would be easily found, I'll post "man find" for example or "a google search found".

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