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I‘m running the command yum update -y and getting the following error:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 523.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit…

The other application is: yum-updatesd-he
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Tue Feb 9 08:19:02 2010 – 14 day(s) 11:47:39 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 523
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit…
The other application is: yum-updatesd-he
Memory : 14 M RSS ( 26 MB VSZ)
Started: Tue Feb 9 08:19:02 2010 – 14 day(s) 11:47:41 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 523

How do I fix this problem?

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I type the following command:

ps -auxf | sort -nr -k 4 | head -10

And I get the output along with warning message:

Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus ‘-’? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ


How do I fix this problem?

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