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From: Kees Cook <kees@oNsOdSPAMl.org>
Subject: Re: Is a process running ?
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:32:29 -0700
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John T. Williams wrote:
> ps -A | grep -e "[ /]python2.1\>" 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null

A quick short-cut for the last part:

ps -A | grep -e "[ /]python2.1\>" >/dev/null 2>&1

"1" (stdout) is used by default, and then 2>&1 takes "2" (stderr) and 
sends (>) it to the same location (&) as "1".

-- 
Kees

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