[root@perflnx14 SCRIPTS]# crontab -l * * * * * perl /root/nfs_share/SCRIPTS/cron_ncp.pl >>/root/nfs_share/SCRIPTS/temp.txt #### #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $cmd='nohup expect -f /root/nfs_share/SCRIPTS/ncp_run.tcl &'; my $tmp= `ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep ncp_run.tcl | wc -l`; if($tmp == 1) { print"already running\n"; } else { print"not running\n"; system $cmd; }