Dan Jacobson wrote:
Just curious, why doesn't this make output every run: $ ps axu|grep grep jidanni 1163 0.0 0.2 2376 608 pts/1 R 02:26 0:00 grep grep $ ps axu|grep grep $ ps axu|grep grep $ ps axu|grep grep $ ps axu|grep grep jidanni 1171 0.0 0.2 2376 608 pts/1 R 02:26 0:00 grep grep Is it some kind of race condition?
I think so, it depends when exactly is grep started, the process snapshot that ps outputs might be from time right before grep is written to it... it might also depend on shell (how much time is there between starting ps and grep)
erik