#!/bin/bash abort() { echo -e "$1" exit 1 } [ $# -gt 0 ] || abort "no service specified" service=$(echo "$1" | sed -E 's#/?service/##' ) matches=$(ls /service/ | grep "$service") n_matches=$(ls /service/ | grep "$service" | wc -l) [ "$n_matches" -gt 0 ] || abort "no service matching $service" [ "$n_matches" -lt 2 ] || abort "multiple services matching $service\n$matches" echo "starting $matches" /usr/bin/svc -u "/service/$matches"