Hi,

I am trying to write a simple script, that we be activated by CRON every hour, to check whether WGET is working or not.
If its not working - it should activate it.
What I have so far:

#!/bin/bash

ps ax > tempdata
grep -q wget tempdata

if [ $? -eq "0" ]
then
echo "Already Working"
else
wget -m .......
fi

rm -f tempdata

Anyone has a suggestion how to write this script, without creating a file? (TEMPDATA)
Simply writing "ps ax | grep wget" is not good, cuz grep will always find the process "grep wget"....

Thanks in Advance,

ps ax | awk '{print $5}' | grep wget

doesnt pick up 'grep wget' because the wget is in field 6, although it would be simpler to use pidof

thank you.

worked perefectly.

pgrep wget >/dev/null && echo "Is working" || echo "Aint working"