From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
To: J M <cesarjorgemartinez@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Help with use of pgrep or pkill commands with full name options
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:41:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ab58853-747a-f86b-6174-820826c5c76c@cs.umass.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL8MddXSDRFq4kdHRZdzsURr7eG7rS9A=XrcjxM=znALgN06_Q@mail.gmail.com>
On 3/22/2024 11:56 AM, J M via Cygwin wrote:
> Help with use of pgrep or pkill commands with full name options.
>
> I trying to use pgrep or pkill utility commands to find processes but using
> the full path names, by example, find /usr/bin/bash (package procps-ng):
>
> Then, if I use pgrep -f /usr/bin/bash, don't find nothing.
>
> Using pkill -f /usr/bin/bash don't get the task.
>
> If I use pidof /usr/bin/bash, this works.
>
> How do I get it to do use pgrep, pkill, etc?
Seems to use the name without the full path, e.g.,
bash as opposed to /bin/bash, etc. Not sure why ...
EM
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-22 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-22 15:56 J M
2024-03-22 16:22 ` Brian Inglis
2024-03-22 16:41 ` Eliot Moss [this message]
2024-03-23 13:05 ` Henry S. Thompson
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