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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:48:44 +0200
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Karun <karun@dambiec.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Process Reaper for Freebsd
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References: <004701c1ca54$77ad8a50$3301000a@karunwin2k> <20020313115333.GF434@hades.hell.gr> <009d01c1caca$95578530$3301000a@karunwin2k> <20020313220840.GB40511@hades.hell.gr> <003101c1cb18$df923840$3301000a@karunwin2k> <20020314163453.GA607@hades.hell.gr> <008301c1cb98$68ce1b90$3301000a@karunwin2k>
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On 2002-03-15 06:39, Karun wrote:
> Here the script is after being modified.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> ps xau | sed -e 1d |grep -v '^root' |grep -v '^vpopmail' |grep -v '^qmail'
> |grep -v '^mysql' |\
>     awk '{print $2,$7}' | cut -d' ' -f1
> 
> When i run kill 'scriptname.sh' it comes up with a message saying
> 
> kill: reaper: no such pid

Wrong type of quotes.  Try backquotes in kill `scriptname.sh` :)

Giorgos Keramidas                       FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr}  http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/

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