psg () 
{ 

	# based on something i learned from A. Spohr way back in the mid 1990ies.
	# Recreated and refined to a useful oneliner in IRCNet in #linux.de
	# in the first decade of 2k. ;)
    /bin/ps xau | /bin/grep COMMAND\\\|$1 | /bin/grep -v grep

	## usage `psg $processname` ;)
}