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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` ;)
}