Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice"

From	Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice"
Date	2026-01-11 20:31 +0000
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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> On 1/11/26 02:31, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:14:49 -0500, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     def AmRunning(ss) :
>>>       return os.popen("ps ax").read().count(ss) # get, unwrap, count
>> 
>> .bashrc
>> AmRunning() {
>>       ps aux | grep $1 | wc -l
>> }
> 
>   "aux" creates a much larger text.
> 
>   And, for this purpose, no 'grep' is needed
>   or desired.

Your .count() is implicity a "grep" in that to count it has to see if 
"ss" exists on the line.  So the function is still there, even if it is 
hidden behind the abstraction.

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Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-10 20:14 -0500
  Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-11 07:31 +0000
    Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-11 02:45 -0500
      Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-01-11 20:31 +0000
        Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-11 18:12 -0500
          Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-12 05:24 +0000
          Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-01-12 05:57 +0000
      Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-11 22:31 +0000
        Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-01-12 06:02 +0000
          Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-12 08:05 +0000
    Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 10:32 +0000
      Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-11 22:51 +0000
        Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-11 19:31 -0500
          Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-12 07:05 +0000
            Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-01-12 17:42 -0500
        Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 23:57 +0000
          Re: Ridiculous Online Programming "Advice" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-01-12 08:07 +0000

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