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When I run the command ps -ef | grep -i this | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}' in my terminal, it gives me the correct output which gives me the PID that I need from 'this' service.

But when I try to place it in a shell script variable PID=ps -ef | grep stress | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}' and try to run the script, the output is line 9: -ef: command not found

Help!

Ralph Zepeda
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In order to have the output of the ps command read into the variable PID, you will need to use $() and so:

PID=$(ps -ef | grep stress | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')
Raman Sailopal
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