Re: how to check if screen is working

[Facundo Andrés Bianco]

2010/11/22 jonnexen <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> I'm gonna writing a bash install-script. There I want to make a command that
> checks if screen us running. If it's running the script should be going on.
> If not there should be an error. Any ideas?
>

if [  -n "$(screen -ls | grep 'screen on')"  ]; then
   echo "screen is running"
else
   echo "screen is off"
fi

Regards,

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