From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-11, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   > }   
      
   These two produce an off-by-one, right?   
      
   (Assuming .count() counts lines, otherwise it's off-by-at-least-one in   
   that one?)   
      
   > $ 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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