Need help howto make a script for Set SNOOP run for 5 minutes - Page 2

tindasz · #1 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by matrixmadhan

just this would do

Code:

PID=$!

and no need for an echo command

Code:

kill -2 $PID

Code:

if not kill -9 $PID

no brutal kill in the beginning itself

-----Post Update-----

there are some problems to this

snoop from other users
grep itself is a process
and the last - when something is available for free in the form of $!

you don't have to work on it again

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maybe i can script like this before implemented at my box, please kindly give me your correction.

snoop -o /var/test.pcap -d e1000g0
PID=$!
sleep 600
kill -2 PID

that's one right?

matrixmadhan · #2 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009

Quote:

snoop -o /var/test.pcap -d e1000g0
PID=$!
sleep 600
kill -2 PID

snoop should run as background process using ' & '
PID variable should be used and not literal as such
kill -2 $PID

devtakh · #3 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009

Or you can capture it using grep and awk

Code:

PID=`ps -ef | grep snoop | awk '{print $2}'`
kill -9 $PID

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