#!/bin/bash #this will determine the total number of processes of the machine if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then set 75 fi TOTALPROC=`ps -ef | grep -c /` if [ $TOTALPROC -gt $1 ] ; then echo "ERROR MESSAGE - # processes > the arguement" else echo "# processes < the arguement" fi echo "The total number of process is ${TOTALPROC}"