is the end result meant to be able to pass some string ($1) to pgrep that
get's counted? knowing what you're trying to accomplish would make it
easier to help.
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Regards,
Kevin Martin
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:24 PM, bruce <badoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hmmmm update..
>
> this works...
> aa='bash'
> echo $aa " pp"
> xx= pgrep -f $aa | wc -l
> echo $xx
>
> however, I can't seem to figure out how to enclose the aa var in
> single quotes within the pgrep.
>
> thoughts/comments..
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:47 PM, bruce <badoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > trying to get the following to output
> > pgrep -f 'bash' | wc -l
> >
> > the var $xx has the cmd...
> > something's missing to allow the backtics to run the cmd..
> > if the cmd is hadcoded.run, it works..
> >
> > can't see what the homer simpson "doh" moment is!
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > #
> > # ptest.sh
> > #
> > # use predefined variables to access passed arguments
> > #
> > # $1
> > aa=$1
> > aa='bash'
> > echo $aa " pp"
> > xx="pgrep -f '"${aa}"' | wc -l"
> > echo $xx <<< this dsplays the test pgrep
> > echo `$xx` << err msg
> > echo `${xx}` << err msg...
> >
> > ## trying to get -- pgrep -f 'bash' | wc -l <<
> > ## i'm getting a Usage: pgrep [....] err msg..
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