# a handy little method that can be used for date strings. it was getting
# really tiresome how many different ways the script did the date formatting.
function date_stringer() {
- date +"%Y_%m_%d_%H%M_%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
+ local sep="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$sep" ]; then sep='_'; fi
+ date +"%Y$sep%m$sep%d$sep%H%M$sep%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
}
# makes a directory of the name specified and then tries to change the
# finds all processes matching the pattern specified and shows their full
# process listing (whereas psfind just lists process ids).
function psa() {
+ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+ echo "psa finds processes by pattern, but there was no pattern on the command line."
+ return 1
+ fi
p=$(psfind "$1")
- if [ ! -z "$p" ]; then
- echo ""
- echo "Processes containing \"$1\"..."
- echo ""
- if [ -n "$IS_DARWIN" ]; then
- unset fuzil_sentinel
- for i in $p; do
- # only print the header the first time.
- if [ -z "$fuzil_sentinel" ]; then
- ps $i -w -u
- else
- ps $i -w -u | sed -e '1d'
- fi
- fuzil_sentinel=true
- done
- else
- # cases besides mac os x's darwin.
- extra_flags=
- if [ "$OS" = "Windows_NT" ]; then
- # special case for windows.
- extra_flags=-W
- ps | head -1
- for curr in $p; do
- ps $extra_flags | grep "$curr"
- done
+ if [ -z "$p" ]; then
+ # no matches.
+ return 0
+ fi
+ echo ""
+ echo "Processes containing \"$1\"..."
+ echo ""
+ if [ -n "$IS_DARWIN" ]; then
+ unset fuzil_sentinel
+ for i in $p; do
+ # only print the header the first time.
+ if [ -z "$fuzil_sentinel" ]; then
+ ps $i -w -u
else
- # normal OSes can handle a nice simple query.
- ps wu $p
+ ps $i -w -u | sed -e '1d'
fi
+ fuzil_sentinel=true
+ done
+ else
+ # cases besides mac os x's darwin.
+ extra_flags=
+ if [ "$OS" = "Windows_NT" ]; then
+ # special case for windows.
+ extra_flags=-W
+ ps | head -1
+ for curr in $p; do
+ ps $extra_flags | grep "$curr"
+ done
+ else
+ # normal OSes can handle a nice simple query.
+ ps wu $p
fi
fi
}