Bash: If/Else statement in one line

Question

I am trying to check if a process (assume it is called some_process) is running on a server. If it is, then echo 1, otherwise echo 0.

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Answer 1

There is no need to explicitly check $?. Just do:

ps aux | grep some_proces[s] > /tmp/test.txt && echo 1 || echo 0 

Note that this relies on echo not failing, which is certainly not guaranteed. A more reliable way to write this is:

if ps aux | grep some_proces[s] > /tmp/test.txt; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi