How can I format output of shell command

Question

I combine top and pidof command:

top -p $(pidof <process_name>)

If pidof <process_name> return one id top command works. But if pidof <process_name> more than one ids top command does not work.

pidof returns ids with one space between them like : 123 124 125

If I can get these ids with comma like 123, 124, 125 top command will work. How can I change output format of pidof?

I know awk was used for formatting text data. But I can not find how can I use awk for result of shell command.

heemayl · Answer 1 · 2015-04-29T14:52:04.310

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Using bash:

top -p "$(pname="$(pidof <process_name>)"; echo "${pname// /,}")"

Using tr:

top -p "$(pidof <process_name> | tr ' ' ',')"

Using sed:

top -p "$(pidof <process_name> | sed 's/ /,/g')"

edited Apr 29 '15 at 14:52

answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:42

heemayl

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:49

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Try this one using awk:

top -p $(pidof <process_name>|awk '{gsub(/ /, ","); print }')

answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:49

jcbermu

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:41

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You can try this one:

top -p "$(pidof <process_name> | awk 'OFS="," { $1 = $1; print; }')"

answered Apr 29 '15 at 14:41

taliezin

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