our ($CHECKRun,$localtime);

$localtime=`date +%c`;
chomp($localtime);
$CHECKRun=`ps aux | grep -i "/home/shekar/myscript.pl" `;
chomp($CHECKRun);


print "I HAVE ps output|$CHECKRun|\n\n\n___________\n\n";

$CHECKRun=`ps aux | grep -ic "/home/shekar/myscript.pl" `;
chomp($CHECKRun);
if($CHECKRun gt 4) {
        print "got value of |$CHECKRun|, |CALLED ON |$localtime| looks like Script already running...\n";
        exit;
}