Process Reporting 1

[gringomike]

Hi all,

Does anybody have any idea why this script doesn't work? I'm trying to have it report on rogue processes (PID's which return NULL when $VAR2 is executed).


VAR1=`ps -ef |grep VAR2 |grep -v grep |awk '{print $2}'`

for VAR3 in $VAR1
do
COUNT=`ptree $VAR3 |wc -l`
VAR2=`ps -ef |grep $VAR3 |awk '{print $12}'`

if (($COUNT > 2))
then
echo "$FILE is an active process."
else
echo "$VAR2 with process ID $VAR3 is a rogue process."
fi

done


The output is detailed below;

with process ID 20437 is a rogue process.
./script.ksh: 2: not found

TESTI with process ID 28249 is a rogue process.
./script.ksh: 2: not found

TESTN with process ID 28178 is a rogue process.
./script.ksh: 6: not found
with process ID 20473 is a rogue process.
./script.ksh: 6: not found
with process ID 20492 is a rogue process.
./script.ksh: 6: not found


It reports OK when it displays the following line;

TESTN with process ID 28178 is a rogue process.

However it should report the process as being "active" when it displays;

with process ID 20492 is a rogue process.

I also don't understand where these erros are coming from;

./script.ksh: 6: not found AND ./script.ksh: 2: not found

I'm almost sure it's a syntax problem somewhere but I have no idea where!

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks for your help in advance

GM

 

[Ygor]

Perhaps a missing $ here...

VAR1=`ps -ef |grep [highlight]$[/highlight]VAR2 |grep -v grep |awk '{print $2}'`

To locate errors use:

ksh -x ./script.ksh

 

[gringomike]

Thanks for the reply Ygor!

I'm afraid my naming convention is slightly misleading! I would like to check for the occurrance of "VAR2" when running the "ps -ef" command however I have also called a variable "VAR2".

As such, I have not missed out a "$" by mistake. Sorry for misleading you:-(

Any other ideas?

GM

 

[PHV]

Try to replace this:
if (($COUNT > 2))
by something like this:
if [ $COUNT -gt 2 ]

Hope This Help, PH.
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[gringomike]

That's it!

Thanks PHV!

GM