Shell script to start xvfb

Below script can be used to start xvfb and manage the same.

#!/bin/sh
XVFB_DISPLAY=":1"
case "`uname`" in
        "Linux")
                XVFB_BINARY=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb
                ;;
        "SunOS"|"Solaris")
                XVFB_BINARY=/usr/openwin/bin/Xsun
                ;;
        *)
                XVFB_BINARY=
                ;;
esac
if [ ! -z "$XVFB_BINARY" ]; then
        case "$1" in
                "start")
                        if [ -f "$XVFB_BINARY" ]; then
                                XVFB_PID="`pgrep -f "$XVFB_BINARY $XVFB_DISPLAY"`"
                                if [ -z "$XVFB_PID" ]; then
                                        echo "xvfb: Starting Xvfb on $XVFB_DISPLAY"
                                        `dirname $XVFB_BINARY`/Xvfb $XVFB_DISPLAY &
                                else
                                        echo "xvfb: ERROR: Xvfb is running on $XVFB_DISPLAY"
                                        exit
                                fi
                        else
                                echo "xvfb: ERROR: $XVFB_BINARY not found"
                                exit 1
                        fi
                        ;;
                "stop")
                        XVFB_PID="`pgrep -f "$XVFB_BINARY $XVFB_DISPLAY"`"
                        if [ ! -z "$XVFB_PID" ]; then
                                echo "xvfb: Stopping Xvfb on $XVFB_DISPLAY"
                                kill -9 $XVFB_PID
                           else
                                echo "xvfb: ERROR: Xvfb is not running on $XVFB_DISPLAY"
                                exit 1
                        fi
                       		 ;;
                "status")
                        XVFB_PID="`pgrep -f "$XVFB_BINARY $XVFB_DISPLAY"`"
                        if [ -z "$XVFB_PID" ]; then
                             echo "xvfb: Xvfb is not running on $XVFB_DISPLAY"
                        else
                             echo "xvfb: Xvfb is running on $XVFB_DISPLAY"
                        fi
                        ;;
                *)
                        echo " Usage: "
                        echo " $0 start (start Xvfb)"
                        echo " $0 stop (stop Xvfb)"
                        echo " $0 status (check if Xvfb is running)"
                        exit 1
                        ;;
        esac
else
        echo "xvfb: ERROR: Could not determine platform"
        exit 1
fi
exit 0

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