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Re: pgrep -x broken



netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost (Stephen Borrill) writes:

>1) Revert above and always use p_comm (and note in man page)
>2) Use p_comm only if -x flag given:
>3) Chop off at last /:

>I favour 1), any dissent before I commit?

Since pgrep -f matches also arguments, the default should probably be
to use argv[0], except for -x where you want p_comm.

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