#!/bin/bash # Colorized pgrep arg1="$1" if [[ $arg1 = *"grep"* ]];then # remote the grep command itself from process list! ps -eo pid,ppid,uname:20,cmd | grep -v $$ | grep --color=auto "$arg1" else ps -eo pid,ppid,uname:20,cmd | grep -v 'grep' | grep --color=auto "$arg1" fi