On Wednesday 12 January 2011 17:58:33 David Scheidt wrote: > > ps ax | grep [s]lapd | wc -l > > The [] creates a one-character class that doesn't match the regex. Easier > to type and grep should be a bit faster.
And you can save another process by using ps ax | grep -c '[s]lapd' Although as others have pointed out, you can also use pgrep. Jonathan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
