Check to see if a service is running, if not, start the service

check_service.sh

#!/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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