bitburner-src/markdown/bitburner.ns.isrunning.md

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## NS.isRunning() method

Check if a script is running.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
isRunning(script: FilenameOrPID, host?: string, ...args: (string | number | boolean)[]): boolean;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  script | [FilenameOrPID](./bitburner.filenameorpid.md) | Filename or PID of script to check. This is case-sensitive. |
|  host | string | Hostname of target server. |
|  args | (string \| number \| boolean)\[\] | Arguments to specify/identify which scripts to search for. |

<b>Returns:</b>

boolean

True if the specified script is running on the target server, and false otherwise.

## Remarks

RAM cost: 0.1 GB

Returns a boolean indicating whether the specified script is running on the target server. If you use a PID instead of a filename, the hostname and args parameters are unnecessary. Remember that a script is uniquely identified by both its name and its arguments.

## Example 1


```ts
// NS1:
//The function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script with no arguments running on the foodnstuff server, and false otherwise:
isRunning("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

//The function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script with no arguments running on the current server, and false otherwise:
isRunning("foo.script", getHostname());

//The function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script running with the arguments 1, 5, and “test” (in that order) on the joesguns server, and false otherwise:
isRunning("foo.script", "joesguns", 1, 5, "test");
```

## Example 2


```ts
// NS2:
//The function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script with no arguments running on the foodnstuff server, and false otherwise:
ns.isRunning("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

//The function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script with no arguments running on the current server, and false otherwise:
ns.isRunning("foo.script", ns.getHostname());

//The function call will return true if there is a script named foo.script running with the arguments 1, 5, and “test” (in that order) on the joesguns server, and false otherwise:
ns.isRunning("foo.script", "joesguns", 1, 5, "test");
```