AW: Question about the ps command, missing option -o to format the output

> But if it works it at least a workaround. And it works: $ procps PID TTY TIME CMD 18124 pty1 00:00:00 procps 4112 pty1 00:00:01 bash $ procps -p 4112 -o pid= -o comm= 4112 bash Thank you. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: h

AW: Question about the ps command, missing option -o to format the output

Hi, > The version you are looking for is available from the procps package. > The ps binary is also named "procps". thank you, I will check this. It is a bit un-comfortable to check the OS where my scripts are running to use a different ps-binary. But if it works it at least a workaround. --

Question about the ps command, missing option -o to format the output

Hello, I am writing some scripts for linux and cygwin. To find out, if a given pid (from /var/run/ is really the pid of the correct process I use the ps command on linux (and AIX, Solaris, even HPUX with a trick) with the option -o pid= Example: # ps -ef | grep bash root 1118 1112 0 11:55