How to tell if a certain program is running?

[Nicolai Spohrer]

What about something like

[code]
#!/bin/bash
RUNNING=$(ps -A | grep firefox | wc -l)
if [ "$RUNNING" -ge "1" ]; then
echo "Firefox is running"
else
echo "Firefox is not running"
fi
exit 0
[/code]

?

greetings

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