check script

check.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Create an array with the screen instance names. (The screen names are 10 characters because I suck at REGEX)
LIST=(`screen -list |grep -o '[a-z]\{10\}'`)

# Iterate over the array to do the work.
for i in "${LIST[@]}"; do
  # Create a working string variable with the name
  work="$i"
  check=`screen -list |grep $work`
  #check to see if the server is running
        if [[ -z $check ]]
          then
            echo "${work} is not running"
          else
            echo "${work} is running, we are going to try an shut it down."
            screen -S ${work} -p 0  -X stuff "stop$(printf \\r)" &&
            # sleep 15
            while [[ -z $truth ]]; do
            let truth=`screen -list |grep $work`
            if [[ -z truth ]]
              then
                echo "stopped!"
              else
                echo -r "#"
                echo -r "$"
            fi
          done
        fi
done