"ps aux" outputs the following as the first line:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
how can I preserve this line if I do a "ps aux | grep <someuser>" so that I can still see the header for each column?
In essence, I want to grep all but the first line of the initial "ps aux" output.
ok, I answered my own question. haha
ps aux | egrep '<someuser>|USER'
I had to use egrep and single quote the string with the OR (|)
ps supports and option "h" (not -h) that suppresses the header from getting printed.
See "OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL" section in "man ps".
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