From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:45:59 -0500, 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.   
      
   $ ps aux | wc   
       419    5866   71885   
      
    ps ax | wc   
       418    3347   55870   
      
   From 'man ps'   
      
         To see every process on the system using BSD syntax:   
             ps ax   
             ps axu   
      
      
   I suppose you think count(ss) isn't doing a sort of grep as it tests every   
   element in the list for ss.   
      
   I should thank you. It did inspire me to add   
      
   Find() {   
   	find . -name $1 | xargs grep $2   
   }   
      
   to my .bashrc. I use it a lot and was always going to get roundtoit.   
      
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