On 01-Nov-99 Aaron Jackson wrote:
>>ppp -background ISP &
>>read
>>kill `ps ax | grep ppp | grep -v grep | awk 4{ printf ("%d", $1) }4` && \
>> echo "PPP killed!"
>
> Of course this will only work if there are no other processes with "ppp"
> in the command field, like man ppp. ;-)
I suggest you use 'ps cax' instead 'ps ax'.
It lists the processes by name unencumbered with their arguments.
Thierry
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