[root@selboo ~]# ps aux | grep pptp
root 20191 0.0 0.2 5108 704 pts/2 R+ 16:58 0:00 grep pptp
root 22054 0.0 0.1 1952 608 ? Ss Oct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/pptpd

[root@selboo ~]# ps aux | grep pptp | grep -v grep
root 22054 0.0 0.1 1952 608 ? Ss Oct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/pptpd

[root@selboo ~]# ps aux | grep [p]ptp
root 22054 0.0 0.1 1952 608 ? Ss Oct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/pptpd

[root@selboo etc]# time for (( i=1; i<=200; i++ )) ;do ps aux | grep pptp | grep -v pptp &>/dev/null; done
real 0m1.487s 0m1.475s 0m1.488s 0m1.497s 0m1.499s
user 0m0.335s 0m0.328s 0m0.334s 0m0.326s 0m0.312s
sys 0m0.766s 0m0.757s 0m0.772s 0m0.784s 0m0.795s

[root@selboo etc]# time for (( i=1; i<=200; i++ )) ;do ps aux | grep [p]ptp &>/dev/null; done
real 0m1.306s 0m1.344s 0m1.303s 0m1.298s 0m1.329s
user 0m0.343s 0m0.313s 0m0.326s 0m0.274s 0m0.322s
sys 0m0.742s 0m0.801s 0m0.753s 0m0.798s 0m0.784s