Little Bash script to check the CPU load and kill Flashplayer if the load goes over a designated number. Useful for Linux VDI environments.

gistfile1.txt

#! /bin/bash
# This little script kills the Flashplayer Plugin at 
# a CPU load above N.*

# Fetch the average CPU load:
cpuload=$(cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{ print $1 }')

if [[ $cpuload = 5.* ]]
then $(pkill plugin-containe) # <- Yes without the r
fi

exit
~