Yet another movie line on the Linux terminal

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What famous quote does the following terminal session refer to?



$ ps -o ppid= -p $u
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$ echo $$
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    What famous quote does the following terminal session refer to?



    $ ps -o ppid= -p $u
    28342
    $ echo $$
    28342









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      favorite









      up vote
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      down vote

      favorite











      What famous quote does the following terminal session refer to?



      $ ps -o ppid= -p $u
      28342
      $ echo $$
      28342









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      What famous quote does the following terminal session refer to?



      $ ps -o ppid= -p $u
      28342
      $ echo $$
      28342






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          Is it




          "I am your father", Vader's famous quote to Luke from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ?




          since




          I think the first command gives the pid of the parent of the specified process, and the second line confirms that the current process is that process.







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            Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
            – celtschk
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          • True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
            – Emnepho
            14 mins ago

















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          Hmmm, I think it's




          "We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?" from Falling Down, 1993

          Reasoning: Your first command gives the pid of the process designated by $u. The second command gives the pid of the current bash process that you are running. Since both pid's are equivalent, u (you) and the current bash session (me) are the same.







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            Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
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          up vote
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          down vote



          accepted










          Is it




          "I am your father", Vader's famous quote to Luke from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ?




          since




          I think the first command gives the pid of the parent of the specified process, and the second line confirms that the current process is that process.







          share|improve this answer


















          • 3




            Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
            – celtschk
            17 mins ago










          • True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
            – Emnepho
            14 mins ago














          up vote
          4
          down vote



          accepted










          Is it




          "I am your father", Vader's famous quote to Luke from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ?




          since




          I think the first command gives the pid of the parent of the specified process, and the second line confirms that the current process is that process.







          share|improve this answer


















          • 3




            Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
            – celtschk
            17 mins ago










          • True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
            – Emnepho
            14 mins ago












          up vote
          4
          down vote



          accepted







          up vote
          4
          down vote



          accepted






          Is it




          "I am your father", Vader's famous quote to Luke from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ?




          since




          I think the first command gives the pid of the parent of the specified process, and the second line confirms that the current process is that process.







          share|improve this answer














          Is it




          "I am your father", Vader's famous quote to Luke from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ?




          since




          I think the first command gives the pid of the parent of the specified process, and the second line confirms that the current process is that process.








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          • 3




            Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
            – celtschk
            17 mins ago










          • True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
            – Emnepho
            14 mins ago












          • 3




            Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
            – celtschk
            17 mins ago










          • True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
            – Emnepho
            14 mins ago







          3




          3




          Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
          – celtschk
          17 mins ago




          Exactly right. For completeness you should also give the movie title, although I guess everyone will immediately know it after reading the quote.
          – celtschk
          17 mins ago












          True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
          – Emnepho
          14 mins ago




          True, edited to include movie title and character details nonetheless
          – Emnepho
          14 mins ago










          up vote
          1
          down vote













          Hmmm, I think it's




          "We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?" from Falling Down, 1993

          Reasoning: Your first command gives the pid of the process designated by $u. The second command gives the pid of the current bash process that you are running. Since both pid's are equivalent, u (you) and the current bash session (me) are the same.







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            Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
            – celtschk
            33 mins ago















          up vote
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          Hmmm, I think it's




          "We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?" from Falling Down, 1993

          Reasoning: Your first command gives the pid of the process designated by $u. The second command gives the pid of the current bash process that you are running. Since both pid's are equivalent, u (you) and the current bash session (me) are the same.







          share|improve this answer








          New contributor




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            Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
            – celtschk
            33 mins ago













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          up vote
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          Hmmm, I think it's




          "We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?" from Falling Down, 1993

          Reasoning: Your first command gives the pid of the process designated by $u. The second command gives the pid of the current bash process that you are running. Since both pid's are equivalent, u (you) and the current bash session (me) are the same.







          share|improve this answer








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          Hmmm, I think it's




          "We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?" from Falling Down, 1993

          Reasoning: Your first command gives the pid of the process designated by $u. The second command gives the pid of the current bash process that you are running. Since both pid's are equivalent, u (you) and the current bash session (me) are the same.








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            Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
            – celtschk
            33 mins ago













          • 1




            Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
            – celtschk
            33 mins ago








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          Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
          – celtschk
          33 mins ago





          Sorry, but your description of what the first command does is wrong, and consequently so is your conclusion. But you also got quite a few things right.
          – celtschk
          33 mins ago


















           

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