quick dirty bash script to see if there's a running process of the given name with Nagios style return codes

check-ps.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Thanks to androidyue on stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2903354/bash-script-to-check-running-process
ps_out=`ps -ef | grep $1 | grep -v 'grep' | grep -v $0`
result=$(echo $ps_out | grep "$1")
if [[ "$result" != "" ]];then
    echo "$1 Running"
    exit 0
else
    echo "$1 Not Running"
    exit 2
fi