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Linux scripts

Monitor Running process​

Detect running process​

lists the process running on the server ps -eo command
IFS - Internal field seperater (is an environmental variable)
create a code to detect new process running and save the file as procmon.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Loop by line
IFS=$'\n'

old_process=$(ps -eo command)

while true; do
  new_process=$(ps -eo command)
  diff <(echo "$old_process") <(echo "$new_process")
  sleep 1
  old_process=$new_process
done