A better ps + grep
I often fall into this pitfall because it happens to be the first snapse that fires in my brain about how to go about doing a combined ps + grep.
Let’s say, I want to see if iterm is running. I would do something like this:
22:35 (awsation@localhost) >> ~/Work/git_repos/dotfiles $ ps -ef | grep iterm
I would get an output like this:
22:35 (awsation@localhost) >> ~/Work/git_repos/dotfiles $ ps -ef | grep -i iterm
`502 48206 2444 0 15Jan15 ?? 4:51.14 /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/iTerm 502 88832 48228 0 10:35pm ttys002 0:00.00 grep -i iterm`
I would usually, ignore the extra grep -i iterm. But stubmling upon Chris’s blog:
I now have a fix and another alias to play with: px iterm :)
Thanks Chris.