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Old July 15th, 2005, 02:18 PM
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Question error in awk script

hey guys,
why do i keep getting this output error message ------------->

command --->top -b -d 1 $(ps -fade | awk '$3==1 {print $2}')

error message-->
top: Unknown argument `4'
usage: top -hvbcisqS -d delay -p pid -n iterations

Is some arguement missing

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try:
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top -b -d 1 `ps -fade | awk '{$3==1 {print $2}'}`

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please be correct

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hey guys,
why do i keep getting this output error message ------------->

command --->top -b -d 1 $(ps -fade | awk '$3==1 {print $2}')

error message-->
top: Unknown argument `4'
usage: top -hvbcisqS -d delay -p pid -n iterations

Is some arguement missing


not awk but top is giving you an error
NOTA i dont know the -fade opt to ps
what os you are using ?
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