Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/sh

# this is to start a process remotely and kill the process remotely

ScriptAndPath= #left out see below

# add insurance that $USER is ***
if [ $USER != $USER ]; then
    echo "You must be *** to run correctly with start & stop"
    exit
fi
#
# intentionally left out due to community overview.


case $1 in
    'start')
        for i in 1 2 3
            do
                rsh ws${i}host "${ScriptAndPath} 2&>1 &"
            done

        $ScriptAndPath #start on local system
    ;;

    'stop')

    # Search for processes that you've started based on the file write path
        for i in 1 2 3 4
        do
            rlogin ws${1}host
            sleep 8 #sleep for 8 sec
                # this should kill all process PID's for both script and dtexec
                for KILLPID in `ps -ef | grep proc | awk '{print $2}'`; do
                    kill -9 $KILLPID
                done
            exit
            sleep 8
        done            
    ;;
    
    *)
        echo "USAGE: $0 <start|stop>"
    ;;
esac

    # Search for processes that you've started based on the file write path
        for i in 1 2 3 4
        do
            rlogin ws${1}host
            sleep 8 #sleep for 8 sec
                # this should kill all process PID's for both script and dtexec
                for KILLPID in `ps -ef | grep proc | awk '{print $2}'`; do
                    kill -9 $KILLPID
                done
            exit
            sleep 8
        done            
    ;;

    # Search for processes that you've started based on the file write path
        for i in 1 2 3 4
        do
            rlogin ws${i}host <<"EOF"
                sleep 8 #sleep for 8 sec # I see no need for this line
                # this should kill all process PID's for both script and dtexec
                for KILLPID in `ps -ef | grep proc | awk '{print $2}'`; do
                    kill -9 $KILLPID
                done
                exit
EOF
            sleep 8 # I see no need for this line
        done            
    ;;

sleep 8 # I see no need for this line

pidof proc<name>