Helpful script

VNC is a cool way of controlling computers remotely. Here is a little script for kicking off the vncserver command that gives you a wider screen and kills the vncserver already running.

#!/bin/bash ################################################################## # Run VNC Server on the local box with some parameters. ################################################################## # Yes or No routine YesNo() {   echo -e "$1 (y/n)? \c"   read answer   case $answer in       [yY]|[Yy][Ee][Ss]) answer=y;;       [nN]|[Nn][Oo]) answer=n ;;   esac } # If VNC Server is already running check if the user wants to kill it. if  [ -n "`ps -elf | grep Xvnc | grep "${HOST}:1"`" ]; then   YesNo "VNC Server is already running on display 1, Kill?"   if [ $answer == 'y' ]; then       vncserver -kill :1       sleep 5s       if  [ -n "`ps -elf | grep Xvnc | grep "${HOST}:1"`" ]; then           echo "VNC Server :1 is still running. You may have to kill manually."           exit 1       fi   else       echo "Exiting without running VNC Server."       exit 0   fi fi # Kick off VNC Server vncserver :1 -geometry 1280x900