I think I've found a good general way to determine if a certain application is running.
pgrep software-center | xargs ps This will output any instances of the Software Cent(er/re) currently running. PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 12688 ? Sl 0:06 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center If the application is not running, this will be printed (I don't know why): PID TTY TIME CMD 12348 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 12493 pts/0 00:00:00 xargs 12494 pts/0 00:00:00 ps _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tour Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tour More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
