[mythtv-users] Scripting help -- check whether mythfrontend is
running or not
Daniel Segel
mythtv at archer-segel.com
Mon Nov 21 23:03:43 EST 2005
cardboil wrote:
> I'd like to write a little script and attach it to my one of my remote
> control keys. However, I only want the commands to execute when
> mythfrontend is NOT running. Can someone help me write the IF
> statement that will check whether mythfrontend is running or not?
> Thank you!
This will kill mythfrontend if it's running, or start it if it's not:
#!/bin/bash
PROG=mythfrontend
STATUS=`ps -e | grep $PROG | grep -v grep | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]
then
( $PROG & )
else
killall $PROG
fi
exit 0
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