On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Garrett Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Mark Saad <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hackers >> What is going on here, if I run the following shell script, what is >> the expected output . The script is named xxx >> >> #!/bin/sh >> ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep xxx >> >> Here is what I see >> >> >> # sh xxx >> 88318 p0 S+ 0:00.00 sh xxx >> 88320 p0 R+ 0:00.00 sh xxx >> 88321 p0 R+ 0:00.00 sh xxx > > No idea. jobs isn't a shell builtin so you can't verify what jobs > are currently running via the shell if there are any. What version of > FreeBSD are you using and what do your $ENV and .profile files look > like?
Also, psauxww | grep -v grep | grep xxx would help. I would wait for a reply from Jilles, because it might be creating a subshell for each instance. -Garrett _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
