From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   c186282  wrote:   
   > On 1/11/26 02:31, 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   
   >> }   
   >   
   >   "aux" creates a much larger text.   
   >   
   >   And, for this purpose, no 'grep' is needed   
   >   or desired.   
      
   Your .count() is implicity a "grep" in that to count it has to see if   
   "ss" exists on the line.  So the function is still there, even if it is   
   hidden behind the abstraction.   
      
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