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Traci McGrew
Traci McGrew
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Posted by Traci McGrew
Traci McGrew
2,559 Points

Ps not showing itself in Mac terminal

Practicing what is shown in both the treehouse console and my own terminal on OS X Yosemite (10.10.2) Video said ps always shows itself in the list when run. It did on the treehouse console but not on my own Mac's terminal. It just showed bash.

2 Answers

Pedro Ruíz
Pedro Ruíz
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Pedro Ruíz
Pedro Ruíz
28,105 Points

Have you tried using

echo $PS1

?

Traci McGrew
Traci McGrew
2,559 Points
Traci McGrew
Traci McGrew
2,559 Points

My comment/question was in reference to the video "Processes" under the section "Processes" in the "Console Foundations Course". It was posted on that page's video. Often it is mentioned that terminals may be configured differently (ex: what the prompt itself says, colors on screen, etc.) but in this video when he first showed us how to run the a process using ps he said it 'always lists itself'. I was just saying that it does on the treehouse console but not when I tried it on my Mac. It showed other stuff just not itself. I can however access its value using your suggestion and it is a helpful way to do it. When I posted the comment on the bottom of the video I didn't realize it would not only show up there, but out of context as well in the big 'recent comments' from all videos and all recent comments.