number of executions of script

Question

I am trying to find number of runs of a script but its always 2 even though only one running.

sh 11.sh
1
 11.sh already running,exiting..

here is code.

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -c "$0"
if [[ `ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -c "$0"` -gt "1" ]]; then
            `echo " $0 already running,exiting.."`
fi

Consider using pgrep instead. – Kusalananda Oct 22 '17 at 20:57 — Kusalananda, Oct 22 '17 at 20:57

agc · Answer 1 · 2017-10-23T05:22:45.283

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Considering only a single instance of 11.sh running, and given this 11.sh:

n=`ps -ef | grep -wc "$0"` n=$((n-2))
echo $n
[ $n -gt "1" ] &&  echo " $0 already running,exiting.."

Running sh 11.sh outputs:

The backticks and the grep add two more ps lines. Since we know the number is 2, just subtract n-2 to get the correct number.

edited Oct 23 '17 at 05:22

answered Oct 22 '17 at 22:17

agc

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This code can give false positives. For example, grep will match 211.sh or murphy11.sh or 11.shar – fpmurphy Oct 23 '17 at 04:51
@fpmurphy1, Thanks. Added a -w to grep. – agc Oct 23 '17 at 05:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '17 at 04:46

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Using pgrep ...

#!/bin/bash

PNAME=$(basename "$0")

COUNT=$(pgrep -c -x  $PNAME)

(( COUNT > 1 ))  &&  echo "$0 already running, exiting..."

answered Oct 23 '17 at 04:46

fpmurphy

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