#!/usr/bin/env bash set -x systemctl start fail-on-restart.service active_state=$(systemctl show --value --property ActiveState fail-on-restart.service) while [[ "$active_state" == "activating" || "$active_state" == "active" ]]; do sleep 1 active_state=$(systemctl show --value --property ActiveState fail-on-restart.service) done systemctl is-failed fail-on-restart.service || exit 1 touch /testok