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philipW

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Registered: 2017-03-21

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[SOLVED]bash if doesn't work

Hello im trying to make a script that warns me if vmware is still running before i shutdown. but it always goes to else. does anyone know what i did wrong?

#!/bin/bash

if 	[[ $(pgrep -x 'vmware') ]] ; 
	then 
		notify-send "vmware is running!"
 	else
 		shutdown
fi

Last edited by philipW (2019-02-14 10:08:30)

Lupo Alberto

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From: Gomel, Belarus

Registered: 2013-11-25

Posts: 84

Re: [SOLVED]bash if doesn't work

#!/bin/bash

if 	[[ $(pgrep -c 'vmware') > 0 ]] ; 
	then 
		notify-send "vmware is running!"
 	else
 		shutdown
fi

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED]bash if doesn't work

Lupo, if yours would work, the original version would also work.  It would seem 'vmware' isn't a proper match for the full name of the process.  Check `pgrep -il vmware`.

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Lupo Alberto

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From: Gomel, Belarus

Registered: 2013-11-25

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Re: [SOLVED]bash if doesn't work

Lupo, if yours would work, the original version would also work.  It would seem 'vmware' isn't a proper match for the full name of the process.  Check `pgrep -il vmware`.

You're right. Thanks.

Last edited by Lupo Alberto (2019-02-13 13:14:52)

alphaniner

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Re: [SOLVED]bash if doesn't work

In a situation like this I would do

if pgrep -il vmware &>/dev/null; then
    notify-send "vmware is running!"
else
    shutdown
fi

Also FYI you don't need the semicolon on the 'if' line unless you put the 'then' on the same line like in my example.

Last edited by alphaniner (2019-02-13 14:22:05)

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philipW

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Registered: 2017-03-21

Posts: 145

Re: [SOLVED]bash if doesn't work

I got it working with alphaniner's example. Trilby was also right there where more vmware processes that where running when i was not using the program. like vmware-usbarbit and vmware-hostd. I used pgrep -il "vmware-vmx" so it warns me when a vm is running and not when the program is open. Thanks for the help, guys!

Last edited by philipW (2019-02-14 10:07:40)