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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Find the PID of a command in UNIX
+# Jon Cairns
+# http://blog.joncairns.com/2013/03/finding-the-process-id-pid-of-a-command-in-unix/
+# 2018-03-20
+#
+
+me="${0##*/}"
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "$me: a grep expression for filtering processes required" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+output=$(ps auxww | grep "$*" | grep -v grep | grep -v $0)
+lines=$(echo "$output" | wc -l)
+
+if [ $lines -gt 1 ]; then
+    echo "$me: multiple processes matching the expression: '$*'" >&2
+    echo
+    echo "$output" >&2
+    exit 2
+elif [ -z "$output" ]; then
+    echo "$me: no processes matching the expression: '$*'" >&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+echo "$output" | awk '{ print $2 }'