In this article, we'll explore a shell script designed to check the status of a process based on either its process ID (PID) or name. This script provides a flexible and user-friendly way to determine whether a specific process is running.
The primary goal of this script is to determine whether a specific process is currently running on the system. This can be helpful in various scenarios, such as monitoring critical applications or ensuring that certain services are up and operational.
In the shell script, will use ps -ef and pgrep command to get the details of process is running or not with process id or name.
Bash Script to Check Process Running
Let me first show the script output (from my Ubuntu machine):
$ ./status-process-check.sh nginx
Process nginx is running with parent pid 2845357.
$ ./status-process-check.sh 2845357
Process id 2845357 is runningThe script output confirms that nginx process is running. It can also check specific process ID, here from the output it confirms process ID 2845357 is running.
Script
#!/bin/sh
check_process_with_pid() {
local process_id=$1
cnt=`ps -ef | grep $process_id | grep -v grep | wc -l`
if [ $cnt != 0 ] ; then
echo "Process id $process_id is running"
fi
}
check_process_with_name() {
local process_name=$1
cnt=`pgrep $process_name | wc -l`
if [ $cnt != 0 ] ; then
pid=`ps -ef | grep $process_name | grep -v grep | head -n1 | awk -F" " '{print $2}'`
echo "Process $process_name is running with parent pid $pid".
fi
}
process_id=""
process_name=""
if [ "$1" -eq "$1" ] 2>/dev/null; then
process_id=$1
else
process_name=$1
fi
if [ -z $process_id ] ; then
if [ ! -z $process_name ] ; then
#check with process_name
check_process_with_name $process_name
else
#check with process_id
check_process_with_pid $process_id
fi
else
#check with process_id
check_process_with_pid $process_id
fi
In the script:
The provided shell script is designed to check the status of a process using two functions: check_process_with_pid and check_process_with_name.
The check_process_with_pid functions take a process ID as an argument, check the running processes using ps -ef and grep, and provide relevant information if the process is found.
check_process_with_pid() {
local process_id=$1
cnt=`ps -ef | grep $process_id | grep -v grep | wc -l`
if [ $cnt != 0 ] ; then
echo "Process id $process_id is running"
fi
}
The check_process_with_name functions take a process name as an argument, check the running processes using pgrep, and provide relevant information if the process is found.
check_process_with_name() {
local process_name=$1
cnt=`pgrep $process_name | wc -l`
if [ $cnt != 0 ] ; then
pid=`ps -ef | grep $process_name | grep -v grep | head -n1 | awk -F" " '{print $2}'`
echo -e "Process $process_name is running with parent pid $pid".
fi
}
Execution
These functions take either a process ID or name as an argument, and based on input will also check and will check using below statements in the script.
- if input argument is number then will consider as process id
- If input argument is not number then will consider as process name
Below if statement check if given argument contains number, if yes then store it into “process_id” variable as store into “process_name” variable
if [ "$1" -eq "$1" ] 2>/dev/null; then
process_id=$1
else
process_name=$1
fi
This section determines whether the user has provided a process ID or name and calls the appropriate function accordingly. It also handles scenarios where both the process ID and name are empty.
if [ -z $process_id ] ; then
if [ ! -z $process_name ] ; then
#check with process_name
check_process_with_name $process_name
else
#check with process_id
check_process_with_pid $process_id
fi
else
#check with process_id
check_process_with_pid $process_id
fi
About The Author
Bobbin Zachariah
Bobbin Zachariah is an experienced Linux engineer who has been supporting infrastructure for many companies. He specializes in Shell scripting, AWS Cloud, JavaScript, and Nodejs. He has qualified Master’s degree in computer science. He holds Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification and RedHat Enable Sysadmin.
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