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May 7, 2013 17:52
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Check to see if a process is running in a Linux shell.
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| PID=`cat /var/run/something.pid` | |
| kill -s 0 $PID 2>&1 > /dev/null | |
| if [ $? == 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Yes, it's running" | |
| else | |
| echo "Nope, it's dead" | |
| fi |
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