Well i tried it but it just gives me a list like this: netmanjobmanmailmanbatchmanwriter (acts like the grep isn't even working?) also how do is store the output from the array into a variable ( I need the final number to read: 1113112 
my @arraylist = qw(netman jobman mailman batchman writer);

foreach my $process (@arraylist) {
  `ps -ef|grep -i $process|grep -v grep|wc -l`;
}
chomp @arraylist;
#\s+/ /g for @h;
print @arraylist;

#@h = ($netman= `ps -ef|grep -i netman|grep -v grep|wc -l`,
#        $jobman= `ps -ef|grep -i jobman|grep -v grep|wc -l`,
#        $mailman= `ps -ef|grep -i mailman|grep -v grep|wc -l`,
#        $batchman= `ps -ef|grep -i batchman|grep -v grep|wc -l`,
#        $writer= `ps -ef|grep -i writer|grep -v grep|wc -l`
#       );



#%h = ("a", "$netman", "b", "$jobman", "c", "$mailman", "d", "$batchma
+n", "e", "$writer");


#@h = ("$netman","$jobman","$mailman","$batchman","$writer");
#chomp @h;
#\s+/ /g for @h;
#@h > ;

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In reply to Re: (jeffa) Re: array newbie...(sigh) by ddrumguy
in thread array newbie...(sigh) by ddrumguy

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