Can this one-liner be made more compact? [SOLVED]

[musher0]

Hello, all.

Can this one-liner be made more compact?

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ps -e > ps.txt && grep -io "ROX-Filer" ps.txt && rm -f ps.txt

If so, I can't see it just now.

Thanks in advance.

musher0

[rcrsn51]

What is the objective?

How about

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ps -e | grep -io "ROX-Filer"

[musher0]

Hi, rcrsn51.

Thanks. I'm trying to find the condition to launch or not a ROX panel. If the name of the panel can be listed with ps, I will do away with the dummy file I am currently using.

With the help of your idea, I suppose my line should now be this:

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ps f | grep -io "en-bas"

• ("en-bas" being the very bland name of my ROX panel at the bottom of my screen and
  "ps f" rather than "ps -e", because "f" displays a full line with all the parameters used by ROX-filer -- so we can discover if a ROX panel is active or not)

Only annoyance now is that "en-bas" appears twice. (hehe)

BFN.

musher0

[rcrsn51]

Only annoyance now is that "en-bas" appears twice.

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 grep -m 1

[musher0]

Gee, you're quick!

So, efficient line is :

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ps f | grep -iom 1 "en-bas"

Many thanks!

musher0

[musher0]

Hello again.

Perhaps I marked [SOLVED] a little soon.
The ps command does not diagnose ROX-Filer fully.
The telling file is /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/ROX-Filer/panels.
(Thanks to "some1" for reminding me.)
So we use that file instead. The following works well:

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#!/bin/sh
# /root/my-applications/bin/barre-bas.sh
# Cacher ou afficher une barre ROX en bas de l'écran.
# Hide or display a ROX panel at the bottom of the screen.
# musher0, 17 janv. 2013.
####
cd /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/ROX-Filer
 [ "`grep -iom 1 \"en-bas\" panels`" == "en-bas" ] && rox -b= || rox -b=en-bas &

# (Pour la commodité de la chose, on peut mettre un icone servant de commutateur sur l'écran.)
# (For ease of use, we can put a switch icon on the screen.)

TWYL

musher0