[NTLUG:Discuss] PID of program started from bash?

[Rusty Haddock]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
    >how do you get the PID of a program that you start from a bash script? 

C'mon Jack, man is your friend. :-)

	man bash

Then, in the pager, search for \$ and you'll find the answer.
To keep a short answer from getting too long, try

	echo $!

It's like this in just 'bout all the "older" shells, like ksh, sh,
and csh.

	-Rusty-
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