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Subject: Re: Help with use of pgrep or pkill commands with full name options
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To: J M <cesarjorgemartinez@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
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On 3/22/2024 11:56 AM, J M via Cygwin wrote:
> Help with use of pgrep or pkill commands with full name options.
> 
> I trying to use pgrep or pkill utility commands to find processes but using
> the full path names, by example, find /usr/bin/bash (package procps-ng):
> 
> Then, if I use pgrep -f /usr/bin/bash, don't find nothing.
> 
> Using pkill -f /usr/bin/bash don't get the task.
> 
> If I use pidof /usr/bin/bash, this works.
> 
> How do I get it to do use pgrep, pkill, etc?

Seems to use the name without the full path, e.g.,
bash as opposed to /bin/bash, etc.  Not sure why ...

EM

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