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What does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null && jwm -restart" do?

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bigpcman:
TC2.0rc4 - In jwm_restart, what does "pidof jwm >/dev/null" in "pidof jwm >/dev/null" && jwm -restart" do?

curaga:
It checks if a process named jwm exists

bigpcman:

--- Quote from: curaga on June 03, 2009, 04:41:27 PM ---It checks if a process named jwm exists

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I had forgotten the obvious - && will execute the second command if the first one succeeds.

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