[Tipz] byebye grep -v grep

Ari Pollak ari at ccs.neu.edu
Fri Jan 31 11:11:15 EST 2003


Hm, that doesn't exclude grep for me on either the new GNU grep or on 
the old GNU grep installed in /arch/gnu on the Solaris machines, or even 
with the one in /bin on the Solaris machines.

David N. Blank-Edelman wrote:
> Howdy-
>  Got this one from the O'Reilly Mason book.
> 
> We're all pretty used to using a variation of this idiom:
> 
>     ps -ef|grep something|grep -v grep
> 
> instead, try:
> 
>     ps -ef|grep '[s]omething'
> 
> for example:
> 
>     ps -ef|grep '[d]nb'
> 
> Cool, no?
> 
>     -- dNb




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