I have a few shell scripts that run when I log into the Postgres administrator account on my db (i.e. user = 'postgres'). I'd like to find a simple way to also list from the shell script which users are currently querying the db. I know I can see the db backends by using: database > ps ax | grep post 1215 ? S 0:00 /database/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /database/loc 1381 pts/0 S 0:00 login -- postgres 1412 ? S 0:00 postgres: reina db01 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx idle 1413 ? S 0:00 postgres: abs db01 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx idle 1414 ? S 0:00 postgres: reina db01 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx idle Is there a way that I can parse out the user names 'reina' and 'abs'? Perhaps a sed command? -Tony ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]