ps command returns different number of processes with ksh

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Issue

  • The following command returns different counts of PIDs when executed on two different servers:
ps -ef | pgrep -f -u "aide" "/bin/ksh $0" | wc –l

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Ksh

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