Process Id for roll forward 2

[JBaileys]

How would you get the process id for a roll forward command?
Only looking for the PID.

ps -r | grep -i ?rollforward?

If I use ps -r pid, it only returns the number but I have no way to know that i came from a roll forward command.

 

[columb]

ps -x | awk '/rollforward/ && ! /awk/ {print $1}'

Notes
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[li]ps -x puts the process id first[/li]
[li]Use awk, rather than grep, because you want to proces the output. Ok, you could use grep and then cut but awk will do both jobs in one[/li]
[li]Notice the !/awk/ condition. This stops the command picking up itself[/li]
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Columb Healy

 

[PHV]

This stops the command picking up itself
Another way:
ps -x | awk '/[r]ollforward/{print $1}'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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