[mythtv-users] Slightly OT: can't get power button script to restart front end (From Jarod's guide)

[Kevin Kuphal]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Jon Kunze wrote:
>
>> When I try to run irexec with the mythpowerbutton.sh script, I get this:
>>  
>> # irexec /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh
>> irexec: bad file format, /usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh:2
>>  
>> I looked through the script file, and I can't seem to find any typos, 
>> so I thought I'd ask for a second opinion. My script file looks like 
>> this:
>
>
> <snip>
>
> For reference, this is the script I use to do this:
> ---
>
> MYTHEXISTS=`/bin/ps -e | grep mythfrontend | grep -v grep | awk 
> '{print $1}'`;
>
> if [ "$MYTHEXISTS" != "" ]; then
>        for MYTHPROCESS in `/bin/ps -e | grep mythfrontend | grep -v 
> grep | awk '{print $1}'`
>        do
>                echo $MYTHPROCESS;
>                kill -9 $MYTHPROCESS;
>        done
> fi
>
> ---
> Works great
>
> Kevin
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Whoops, forgot the last line which is just /usr/bin/mythfrontend to 
start the process.

Kevin

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