use strict;
print("$$");
OR
#!usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;
use English;
print "$PID"; # or $PROCESS_ID. English.Pm simply changes a system variable into an english word..
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To: Ramprasad A Padmanabhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], B-E-G Gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: obtaining a process ID.
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 07:32:33 -0500
I am familiar with ps, this is how I am currently getting the process ID:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $pid = `ps -axo pid,ucomm |grep proxyd|cut -f 1 -d \"p\"`;
But I was wondering if anyone new another means of doing so.
Thanks.
-gomes
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:24:20 +0530 Ramprasad A Padmanabhan
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> man ps
>
> B-E-G Gomes wrote:
> >
> > Looking for a simple method of getting a
> single process ID (for a
> > process such as syslogd) and store it in a
> scalar.
> >
> > I've found a few methods of doing so but they
> haven't been pretty.
> >
> > I'm taking suggestions :)
> >
> > -gomes
> >
>
>
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