auto restarting socks5 ssh proxy

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash
while [ true ]
do
        echo "starting socks5 proxy at localhost:22222"
        
        ssh -A -ND localhost:22222 metrics@bastion.prodnext.ottoq.com -v &      
        LASTPID=$!

        ALIVE=true      
        while [ $ALIVE = true ]
        do
                sleep 1m
                curl -s --socks5 localhost:22222 binfalse.de > /dev/null
                if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
                        echo "sock check success"
                else
                        echo "sock check failure, restarting"
                        ALIVE=false
                fi
        done

        kill -9 $LASTPID
done