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Old 11-16-2011
kill a process if grep match is found
Hi,

I need something unusual, I guess. I need to start a process, and if that process displays a specific error message, I need to kill that process and restart it.

Something like:
Code:
startprocess | grep -i "This is the specific error message" && kill $pidof(startprocess)

Explanation, I need to start the process, check if it echoes any messages and if any of them is the one that I'm waiting, I need to kill that process.

Restarting of the process I can do putting all this in a while loop or something.

Is this possible at all? Is there any easier way to accomplish the same thing?

Thanks for any help in advance.
# 2  
Old 11-16-2011
Code:
#!/bin/bash

rm -f /tmp/procfifo
mkfifo /tmp/procfifo



startprocess >/tmp/procfifo &
PID=$!

while read LINE
do
        if [[ "$LINE" == *PATTERN* ]]
        then
                kill "$PID"
                break
        fi
done < /tmp/procfifo



rm -f /tmp/procfifo

wait "$PID"
echo "Process returned $?"

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# 3  
Old 11-16-2011
If you're shooting for a one-liner then this could work:

Code:
startprocess > /tmp/output && [ $(grep <error message> /tmp/outputfile) ] && pkill <process_name> || echo "No Error Occurred"

Just my one and half cents. Economy you know.

Good luck.
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# 4  
Old 11-16-2011
You guys are great!!! Smilie))
The only thing I couldn't get to work is *pattern* (substring is needed), but I'll try to google for an example Smilie
Thanks alot
# 5  
Old 11-16-2011
*pattern* will work if you have a shell that supports it:

Code:
$ [[ "ABCDEFG" == *DEF* ]] && echo "DEF matches"
DEF matches

$ [[ "ABCDEFG" == *DJQ* ]] && echo "DJQ matches

$

If you don't, it would've been nice to know what shell you had an hour ago.
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