How to isolate log files from the grep command

[SuaveRick]

Hey there,
I need to check the running processes for a stuck archive process that sometimes gets hung up on a log file. Here is what I have:

while read processes
do
echo "Checking $processes for hung file"
ps -ef | grep "$processes" > gzipcheck.dat
status2=`fgrep -v "grep" gzipcheck.dat`
if [ -n "$status2" ]
then
echo "$status2"
else
echo "not hung"
fi
done < processes.dat

It works fine but it returns processes it should. Example: one of the log files I search for is simply 'ms.ddmmyy_hhmmss.log' what I would like to do is have the ps -ef | grep "$processes" > gzipcheck.dat line check for processes that have a .log in the name... but I can't figure out how to get the grep command to search for something like "$processes" ending with a .log.

Any ideas?

 

[PHV]

Simply this ?
grep "${processes}\.log"
Or this ?
grep "${processes}.*\.log"

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[SuaveRick]

Well that gives me back an empty variable like I'm looking for, I'll have to produce my problem and see if it works. Thanks very much!! If you don't mind, could you explaine the difference between the \.log and .*\log, I think I know the diff with the wildcards and repeating characters but I want to make sure.

Thanks!!!!

 

[PHV]

[tt]"${processes}\.log"[/tt]
Search for value of $process immediatly followed by .log
[tt]"${processes}.*\.log"[/tt]
Search for value of $process followed by any char(s) then .log

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[SuaveRick]

Excellent, the second option is what I thought I needed and that's it for sure.

Thanks very much for the help, I appreciate it!

Rick