Shell Programming and Scripting

 ps -ef | grep "string of your interest"

echo "Check OBI service.." >> $LOGFILE
        ps -ef | grep sawserver  >> $LOGFILE
        obisrvc_count=`ps -ef | grep sawserver | grep -v grep | wc -l`
        if [ $obisrvc_count -gt 0 ]
        then
                echo "OBI Service Running.." >> $LOGFILE
                flag=0
        else
                echo "OBI Service NOT Running.. Please check.." >> $LOGFILE
                flag=2
        fi
}

 ps -ef | grep sawserver  >> $LOGFILE
obisrvc_count=`ps -ef | grep sawserver | grep -v grep | wc -l`

 ps -ef | grep sawserver | grep -v grep >> $LOGFILE
obisrvc_count=`grep -c sawserver $LOGFILE`