nixCraft

preygool · #1 (**permalink**) 08-26-2006, 04:19 PM

PLZ HELP

"ps -el" command list all the processess of all the terminals or of all the users workin...on terminals...

I want to develope an "awk" program or "awk command" on shell

to summarise from the list of all processes, a count of processes run by every user including root.

nixcraft · #2 (**permalink**) 08-27-2006, 10:57 AM

Quote:

to summarise from the list of all processes, a count of processes run by every user including root.

No need to use awk use wc -l

Code:

echo "Total running process: $(ps -el | wc -l)"

Let me know if you need any further help

preygool · #3 (**permalink**) 08-27-2006, 01:22 PM

but wc -l will just count the total nober of lines in the process...

how will it going to summerise man...

i want a summery of few columns...and then the shud be according to sorted terminal wise or user wise.

nixcraft · #4 (**permalink**) 08-27-2006, 06:53 PM

I am not sure what you want you need to explain it little more

You can print out column stuff something as follows

Code:

ps -el | awk '{ print $14}'

Or cound unique process

Code:

ps -el | awk '{ print $14}' | uniq | wc -l

but give me more info what out do you wanna so that i can guide out

preygool · #5 (**permalink**) 08-28-2006, 01:50 PM

yes..the way u hv written the first example...

Code:
ps -el | awk '{ print $14}'

this...this is wht i want...

now il'll take few columns like these...but nw i want to to arrange them according to terminal wise....

like first list columns of terminal tty1 then tty2 and so on till tty7...

this is wht i want..nw may be u cn help me nw.