Change the direction of the kill input. It may be simpler to use pkill. Maybe just change up the script to take in the input as a var and then pkill -f "$var"
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wayne Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:43 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Simple Script issue..?? ps -A | grep $1 | cut -c1-5 | grep -o [0123456789]* | kill WILL NOT WORK. I want to run the above script "whack" like this: whack kicker which should kill the process "kicker" But it chokes at the "kill" part and I do not know what I'm doing..... and doing wrong :-) Anybody? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
