Taken from here.
#!/bin/bash server_cmd=server pid_file=$(basename $server_cmd .sh).pid log_file=$(basename $server_cmd .sh).log ( echo \"Starting server\" echo \"Doing some init work\" $server_cmd # server becomes a daemon while true do if [[ -f $pid_file ]]; then sleep 15 else break fi done mail -s \"Server exitted\" joe@blow.com <<<CRAP ) 2>&1 >> $log_file & echo \"Server started\"
Now this was something which is not new that you can run multiple commands together with \”()\” or that you can run a command in the background with \”&\”, but putting it together in this fashion is really good. I am impressed.
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