#!/bin/bash function idle { prog="$1" while pgrep "$prog" >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 3 done shutdown -hP now } usage="Usage: $0 [-d] [-p PROCESS]" function printhelp { echo "A small shellscript which shutdowns your computer when a specific process ends" echo $usage echo "-d daemonize into the background" echo "-p PROCESS commit the process name for which we are waiting to finish" exit } prog="" daemon=false while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do if [ "$1" == "-p" ]; then shift prog="$1" shift elif [ "$1" == "-d" ]; then daemon=true shift elif [ "$1" == "-h" ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then printhelp else echo "Unsupported argument '$1'. Try '-h' for more help." 1>&2 exit 1 fi done if [ -z "$prog" ] || [ "$prog" == "" ]; then echo "I'm confused. Which programm shall I monitor? Tell me, master!" 1>&2 echo $usage exit 1 fi if [ $UID != 0 ]; then read -p "We aren't root! Are you sure you have the proper permissions? If yes, press any key to continue or CTRL+C to abort. " null fi if [ $daemon == true ]; then echo "Daemonizing..." idle "$prog" >/dev/null 2>&1 & disown else idle "$prog" >/dev/null 2>&1 fi