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grep exact process name in bash script with variable argument
In shells that support it, you could use the substring expansion to put the brackets in the right places:
name=ffmpeg
ps -ef | grep "[${name:0:1}]${name:1}"
would run grep "[f]fmpeg&...
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grep exact process name in bash script with variable argument
Would inverted-match with grep work?
grep -v 'grep\|script'
This will not match grep or script.
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grep exact process name in bash script with variable argument
Simply run:
pgrep -fl script.sh
From man pgrep:
pgrep, pkill, pidwait - look up, signal, or wait for processes based on name and other attributes
-f, --full
The pattern is normally only ...
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Passing named arguments to shell scripts
I want the script to function consistently with other utilities, providing the least surprise to the user. Here is what I came up with, combining several ideas here (especially the answer from cdmo) ...
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