# locates a process given a search pattern to match in the process list.
function psfind() {
- PID_DUMP="$(mktemp "$TMP/zz_pidlist.XXXXXX")"
- appropriate_pattern='s/^[-a-zA-Z_0-9][-a-zA-Z_0-9]* *\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'
+ local PID_DUMP="$(mktemp "$TMP/zz_pidlist.XXXXXX")"
+ local PIDS_SOUGHT=()
+ local patterns=($*)
+ if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
+ # needs to be a windows format filename for 'type' to work.
+ local tmppid=c:\\tmp_pids.txt
+ # we have abandoned all hope of relying on ps on windows. instead
+ # we use wmic to get full command lines for processes.
+ # this does not exist on windows home edition. we are hosed if that's
+ # what they insist on testing on.
+ wmic /locale:ms_409 PROCESS get processid,commandline </dev/null >"$tmppid"
+ local flag='/c'
+ if [ ! -z "$(uname -a | grep "^MING" )" ]; then
+ flag='//c'
+ fi
+ # we 'type' the file to get rid of the unicode result from wmic.
+ cmd $flag type "$tmppid" >$PID_DUMP
+ \rm "$tmppid"
+ local appropriate_pattern='s/^.* *\([0-9][0-9]*\) *$/\1/p'
+ for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
+#echo "pattern $i seek" >>~/crap.txt
+ PIDS_SOUGHT+=$(cat $PID_DUMP \
+ | grep -i "$i" \
+ | sed -n -e "$appropriate_pattern")
+#cp $PID_DUMP ~/crud
+#echo heres the dump after grep >>~/crap.txt
+#cat $PID_DUMP | grep -i "$i" >>~/crap.txt
+ if [ ${#PIDS_SOUGHT[*]} -ne 0 ]; then
+ # we want to bail as soon as we get matches, because on the same
+ # platform, the same set of patterns should work to find all
+ # occurrences of the genesis java.
+ break;
+ fi
+ done
+ else
+ /bin/ps $extra_flags wuax >$PID_DUMP
# pattern to use for peeling off the process numbers.
- extra_flags=
- # flags to pass to ps if any special ones are needed.
- if [ "$OS" = "Windows_NT" ]; then
- # on win32, there is some weirdness to support msys.
- appropriate_pattern='s/^[ ]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'
- extra_flags=-W
+ local appropriate_pattern='s/^[-a-zA-Z_0-9][-a-zA-Z_0-9]* *\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'
+ # remove the first line of the file, search for the pattern the
+ # user wants to find, and just pluck the process ids out of the
+ # results.
+ for i in "${patterns[@]}"; do
+ PIDS_SOUGHT=$(cat $PID_DUMP \
+ | sed -e '1d' \
+ | grep -i "$i" \
+ | sed -n -e "$appropriate_pattern")
+ if [ ${#PIDS_SOUGHT[*]} -ne 0 ]; then
+ # we want to bail as soon as we get matches, because on the same
+ # platform, the same set of patterns should work to find all
+ # occurrences of the genesis java.
+ break;
+ fi
+ done
fi
- /bin/ps $extra_flags wuax >$PID_DUMP
- # remove the first line of the file, search for the pattern the
- # user wants to find, and just pluck the process ids out of the
- # results.
- PIDS_SOUGHT=$(cat $PID_DUMP \
- | sed -e '1d' \
- | grep -i "$1" \
- | sed -n -e "$appropriate_pattern")
if [ ! -z "$PIDS_SOUGHT" ]; then echo "$PIDS_SOUGHT"; fi
/bin/rm $PID_DUMP
}