how to extract word from ps -aux

Question

when i execute command ps -ef | grep yypasswd I receive this output.

testacc 25124194 2512312620   0 08:00:53  pts/0  0:00 grep yypasswd

how can extract with command from this output word "yypasswd"

Answer 1

Since it's not clear what you're trying to do:

If you expect the following output:

yypasswd

then do

ps -ef | grep yypasswd | awk '{print $8}'

if you want the following output:

testacc 25124194 2512312620   0 08:00:53  pts/0  0:00

then do

ps -ef | grep yypasswd |  awk '{print $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6 ,$7}'

hope that helps.