how to check any script is running in background linux using python
def check_process():
import subprocess
script_name = "test.py"
cmd='pgrep -f .*python.*{}'.format(script_name)
process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
my_pid, err = process.communicate()
if len(my_pid.splitlines()) >0:
print("Script Running in background")
sys.exit(0);
check_process()