Updating command to get PID. pgrep only works on the first 15 characters of a command name on CentOS 6. "logstash-forwarder" is 18. Doh!

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/sh
#
#   /etc/init.d/logstash-forwarder
#
#   Starts and stops logstash-forwarder as a daemon.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 30 70
# description: Starts and stops logstash-forwarder as a daemon.
 
# The name of this service
NAME=logstash-forwarder
 
### Start Configuration Options ###
 
# The JSON config to use
LJ_CONFIG=/etc/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder.json
 
# The Lumberjack binary wrapper
LJ_BIN=`which logstash-forwarder`

# The Lumberjack runnning directory
LJ_RUNDIR="$(dirname ${LJ_BIN})/.."
 
# Any Lumberjack options
LJ_OPTS="-spool-size 1000"
 
# The log file for local info
LJ_LOG=/var/log/logstash-forwarder/logstash-forwarder
 
# The PID file
PID_FILE=/var/run/logstash-forwarder
 
# The command to daemonize
DAEMON="nohup ${LJ_BIN} -config ${LJ_CONFIG} ${LJ_OPTS} >>${LJ_LOG} 2>&1 &"
 
### End Configuration Options ###
 
. /etc/init.d/functions
 
check_prereqs() {
  if [ -z ${LJ_BIN} ]; then
    echo "ERROR: Unable to locate Lumberjack binary, make sure it's installed."
    exit 1
  elif [ ! -f ${LJ_CONFIG} ]; then
    echo "ERROR: LJ_CONFIG (${LJ_CONFIG}) doesn't exist."
    exit 1
  elif [ ! -d `dirname ${LJ_LOG}` ]; then
    echo "ERROR: LJ_LOG parent directory (`dirname ${LJ_LOG}`) doesn't exist."
    exit 1
  elif [ ! -d ${LJ_RUNDIR} ]; then
    echo "ERROR: LJ_RUNDIR (${LJ_RUNDIR}) doesn't exist."
    exit 1
  fi
}
 
start() {
  check_prereqs
 
  echo -n $"Starting $NAME: "

  cd $LJ_RUNDIR && daemon --check $NAME --pidfile $PID_FILE $DAEMON
 
  RETVAL=$?
 
  if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
    echo_failure
    echo
  else
    PID=$(pgrep ${NAME:0:15})
    echo -n $PID > $PID_FILE
    echo_success
    echo
  fi
  return $RETVAL
}
 
stop () {
  echo -n $"Stopping $NAME: "
  killproc -p $PID_FILE $NAME
  RETVAL=$?
  echo
  return $RETVAL
}
 
restart () {
  stop
  start
}
 
case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  status)
    status -p $PID_FILE $NAME
    ;;
  restart)
    restart
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"
    exit 2
    ;;
esac
 
exit $?