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Not sure who down-voted or why but this allows you to use full use of ps that pgrep doesn't.

opticyclic
– opticyclic

2016-11-27 00:05:10 +00:00
Commented Nov 27, 2016 at 0:05
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Not only that this inadvertently excludes other grep processes; it also breaks grep usage in other cases. Try echo I love grep | grep love.

trosos
– trosos

2017-05-21 22:54:15 +00:00
Commented May 21, 2017 at 22:54
@trosos Almost 11 years I've been *nix-ing .. and have never used that pattern ever ... maybe next year though - who knows right.

a20
– a20

2018-03-29 11:08:55 +00:00
Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 11:08

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