Bash script works locally but not on a server

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This Bash script is called from a SlackBot using a Python script that uses the paramiko library. This works perfectly when I run the script locally from the bot. It runs the application and then kills the process after the allotted time. But when I run this same script on a server from the SlackBot, it doesn't kill the process. Any suggestions?? The script name is "runslack.sh" which is what is called with the grep command below.

#!/bin/bash

slack-export-viewer -z "file.zip"

sleep 10

ps aux | grep runslack.sh | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill

Might I suggest `pkill runslack.sh`? – miken32 Sep 14 '18 at 02:53 — miken32, Sep 14 '18 at 02:53
or replace `grep runslack.sh` with `grep ru[n]slack.sh`. – Cyrus Sep 14 '18 at 02:54 — Cyrus, Sep 14 '18 at 02:54
or `timeout 10 slack-export-viewer -z "file.zip"` – that other guy Sep 14 '18 at 03:43 — that other guy, Sep 14 '18 at 03:43
Replace `ps` and `grep` with `pgrep`. – ceving Sep 14 '18 at 12:50 — ceving, Sep 14 '18 at 12:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 12:00

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Please try this and let me know if this helps you

ps -ef | grep runslack.sh | grep -v grep  | awk '{print $2}' |xargs -i kill -9 {}

and i hope your user has sufficient permission to execute/kill this action on your server environment.

answered Sep 14 '18 at 12:00

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