ps ax|grep -q "[ ]`which X`" || startx

   For those who just have to know ([grin] I certainly would, if I were you):
   the above expression pipes the list of running processes, which is the
   output of the "ps" command, to 'grep', which searches it for the presence of
   a running X. To make the search more precise, the command substitution
   (`which  X`)  returns the full pathname to X as the search string. The
   character class preceding the search string ([ ]) is there to make 'grep'
   ignore its own entry in process table (an old 'grep' trick), and the "-q"
   option of 'grep' makes it return only a success/failure exit code instead of
   the actual matched string. The OR operator, '||', ties it all together into
   an expression that says "either X is running OR (execute) startx".
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whois.sc

   Jared Belkus ([95]jared.belkus from gmail.com)

   hi,

   i was told to email this address about a useful website:

     [96]http://www.whois.sc

   I use this whois website a lot because of the information it gives. If you
   sign up you can see all the domains that a server has.

   thanks,
   Jared Belkus

     Just in case you're a sysadmin thinking, geez, just how many sites am I
     running on this machine again... did I miss any during that upgrade... --
     Heather
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  Contents:

   [106]¶: Greetings From Heather Stern

   [107](?) HTML page selector
   [108](?) AMD64 Shuttle
   [109](!) /dev/ub
   [110](?) LG in developing countries
   [111](?) Linux-friendly hardware
   [112](?) installing a pcmcia-network card in Suse 9.0
   [113](?) hi howtoopen .tgz or all zip
   [114](!) Perl, WWW::Mechanize, and Mailman administration
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(?) HTML page selector

   From Sluggo 

   Here's a nifty HTML device for previous/next/goto page links similar to MS
   Access's record selector. 

   I had to use the "display:inline" style on the form to keep it from jumping
   to the next line. I also used that for the  to keep the gray background
   from spreading the entire screen width. 

   Attachments: snapshot3.png, pageLinks.html, pageLinks.css 

   BTW, the 'iv' program is a great fast-starting image viewer. 

                      See attached [115]pageLinks.html

                      See attached [116]pageLinks.css

     (!) [Ben] _Nice!_ I'll be playing with that gadget. Thanks, Mike! As to
     "iv", well...
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ben@Fenrir:~$ su -c 'apt-get install iv'