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Fast Process Search

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I'm constantly checking to see if a certain program or process is running. This helps reduce the typing and the clutter.

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  1. function fps {
  2.         (( $# )) &&
  3.         ps -aux | sed -n "1p;/___fps___/d;/$1/p" ||
  4.         echo "Usage: fps <search string>"
  5.     }
  6.  
  7. #Modified for use with multiple words in any order:
  8.  
  9.     function fps {
  10.         typeset x y
  11.         for x in $@; do y="$y/$x/!d;"; done
  12.         ps -ef | sed -n "1p;/___fps___/d;${y}p"
  13.     }

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