output result from grep.

brian00 · 09-12-2012, 09:29 AM

when I run the below and write the result to a file:

ps -ef |grep smon_MYDB

I got the result:

oracle 12689 1 0 Sep05 ? 00:00:09 ora_pmon_MYDB
oracle 22785 22781 0 07:24 ? 00:00:00 grep ora_pmon_MYDB

what command can I use to delete grep ora_pmon_MYDB? Basically, I only want to check if the process is running, I don't want to see the grep command.

pan64 · 09-12-2012, 09:39 AM

usually
ps -ef | grep <process> | grep -v grep
is the solution, but would be better to use:
pgrep <process>