Todd C. Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:13:01 +0300, [email protected] wrote: > > > [/opt/bin]$ cat check.sh > > #!/bin/sh > > > > _ret=$(ps aux | grep sleeploop.sh | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}') > > test -z ${_ret} && /opt/bin/sleeploop.sh & > > By default, ps uses 80 columns so the information is probably being > cut off. I'm guessing your interactive terminal is wider than 80 > columns. You can add 'w' a few times to your ps options to extend > the width but you are much better off using pgrep for this.
pgrep is better. But there are so many risks in this construct I would not trust it at all.
