kill idle process

kill-idle.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Name of process
process=standard
# Sleep time in seconds (interval to check)
sleepinterval=2
# Threshold cpu use in %
cputhreshold=6.0
# Max trials
maxtrials=3
# Sleep for 60s before the first check for process is active or not
sleep 10
# Ntrials
ntrials=0
# Get process id
pid=$(ps -ef | grep $process | grep $USER | grep $JOB_ID | awk 'NR==2{print $2}')
# Check if a process is running
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
  # Infinite loop to check
  while :
  do 
    sleep $sleepinterval; 
    cpu=$(ps -p $pid -o %cpu,%mem,cmd | awk 'NR==2{print $1}')
    cpucheck=$(echo "$cpu < $cputhreshold" |bc -l)
    if [[ $cpucheck -eq 1 ]]; then
      # This is where you should kill
      # echo "CPU is low, we should probably kill"
      ntrials=$((ntrials+1))
      ntrialscheck=$(echo "$ntrials > $maxtrials" | bc -l)
      if [[ $ntrialscheck -eq 1 ]]; then
        # echo "Ready to kill now"
        kill -9 $pid
        break
      fi
    else
       # echo "CPU is HIGH"
       ntrials=0
    fi
  done
fi

run-kill-idle.sh

#!/bin/bash
sh ./kill-idle-process.sh &
standard &
wait