#!/bin/bash

# find service name from argument
monitorService=$1

# check if $monitorService is empty
if [ -z "$monitorService" ]; then
  read -p "Please pass me the service name: " monitorService
fi


# define the check_service function
function check_service {

  # check if the service is active and report so
  if systemctl is-active --quiet $monitorService; then
    echo "$monitorService is running"

  # if the service is not running, exit with an error.
  else
    echo "$monitorService is not running"
    exit 1
  fi
}

# excecute the check_service function
check_service