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Check to see if a service is running, if not, start the service
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Check if a service name was provided | |
| if [ -z "$1" ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 <service_name>" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| SERVICE_NAME="$1" | |
| # Check if the service is running | |
| if systemctl is-active --quiet "$SERVICE_NAME"; then | |
| echo "$SERVICE_NAME is already running." | |
| else | |
| echo "$SERVICE_NAME is not running. Starting it now..." | |
| sudo systemctl start "$SERVICE_NAME" | |
| # Verify if it started successfully | |
| if systemctl is-active --quiet "$SERVICE_NAME"; then | |
| echo "$SERVICE_NAME started successfully." | |
| else | |
| echo "Failed to start $SERVICE_NAME." | |
| fi | |
| fi |
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