Exclude current running process from ps list

[stackdump]

Hi all,

I want to write a small script to kill processes matching a given input string. I use the code below but of course this also shows up on the ps list.

#!/bin/csh -f

set myname=`whoami`

if ($#argv == 1 ) then
    if (`/bin/uname` == "Linux") then
        set myid = `id -u $myname`
        kill -9 `ps -u $myname | grep -i $1 | grep -v grep | grep -v ps | grep -v tcsh | awk '{print $1}'`
    endif
endif

I have to put all the grep's in to mask out this process, is there some way of doing this without the current process lighting up?

 

[KenCunningham]

You should only have to use one part of the string you wish to grep -v in order to exclude it from your listing.

 

[stackdump]

But if I do;

ps -u `whoami` | grep -v example

I see a ps, tcsh and a grep process ID listed?

Is there a way to ignore the processes associated with the current command? rather than;

ps -u `whoami` | grep -v ps | grep -v tcsh | grep -v grep

which will mask out any other process using these strings?

 

[rzs0502]

eg:
ps -ef | grep [k]sh


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