From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:14:49 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
      
   >    def AmRunning(ss) :   
   >      return os.popen("ps ax").read().count(ss) # get, unwrap, count   
      
   .bashrc   
   AmRunning() {   
   	ps aux | grep $1 | wc -l   
   }   
      
   $ AmRunning brave   
   32   
      
      
   Before Linux distros mostly switched to bash I used tcsh.  You could do a   
   lot more with alias without having to write a function.   
      
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