Shell Programming and Scripting

stop_shepherd() {
        . $PROFILE
    echo "Stopping shepherd processes"
    PID=`cat $SERVER_HOME/alerts/logs/shepherd.pid`
    ps -ef | grep shep-1 | grep -v grep | grep -v wls100ctl | awk '{print $2}' > $SERVER_HOME/tmp/shepherd.pids
    if [ -s $SERVER_HOME/tmp/shepherd.pids ]
    then
        cat $SERVER_HOME/tmp/shepherd.pids | xargs kill -9
        echo "Shepherd stopped"
        rm -f $SERVER_HOME/tmp/shepherd.pids
    else
        echo "Shepherd not running"
    fi
    }

#!/bin/bash
sh /root/ams_rc stop_shepherd > /dev/null
if [ "$?" eq "0" ]
then
 sleep 30
 sh /root/ams_rc start_shepherd > /dev/null
else
 echo "Not stopped Properly"
 exit 1
fi
exit 0