On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Daevid Vincent wrote: > Could someone explain to me why I get a different result (actually > technically no results) when using "ps aux" piped to grep, but "ps ax" works > exactly as it should? Why does the "u" switch hose grep?
run "ps aux" without the grep and I think you can guess why..... I suspect the line being output is longer such that the sting being grepped is not shown.... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps ax | grep "nessus" > 577 ? S 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24098 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24220 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24512 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24618 ? SN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24759 ? SN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24763 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24812 ? SN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 24910 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 25032 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 25093 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 25372 ? RN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 25374 ? SN 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 26042 ? RN 0:04 /usr/local/sbin/nessusd -D -a 127.0.0.1 > 26520 pts/0 S 0:00 grep nessus > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps aux | grep "nessus" > root 26542 0.0 0.1 1472 460 pts/0 S 18:47 0:00 grep nessus > > Daevid Vincent > http://daevid.com > > > > -- SARS - The only virus not spread by Outlook http://www.shorewall.net/ for all your firewall needs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
