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For me, pgrep myscriptname.py doesn't capture any of the instances of the script. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04.

pir
– pir

2017-07-07 08:30:27 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2017 at 8:30
It does not make sense to me that you once grep fpr python and once for the script name. How is that supposed to work? Of course, it is a general problem that scripts can be called directly and indirectly.

Hauke Laging
– Hauke Laging

2023-04-29 14:40:13 +00:00
Commented Apr 29, 2023 at 14:40
@HaukeLaging I approached the question of "kill all python scripts except script called test.py" in sequence, by finding all of the python scripts (assuming that part works as intended) and then filtering out the one they want to keep. Is your concern around pgrep python not finding "all python scripts"?

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2023-04-30 15:23:57 +00:00
Commented Apr 30, 2023 at 15:23

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