Re: monitoring the number of processes

[Tino Hendricks]

I would go for a simple script containing something like

ps aux | grep the_process_name | grep -v grep | wc -l

and check for the number.

Tino

> Am 12.08.2016 um 14:12 schrieb Stephen Berg (Contractor) <address@hidden>:
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> Is there a way to monitor a daemon that is supposed to have exactly one 
> process showing.  If the count is above one the daemon needs to be restarted.
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