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## NS.scriptRunning() method

Check if any script with a filename is running.

**Signature:**

```typescript
scriptRunning(script: string, host: string): boolean;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  script | string | Filename of script to check. This is case-sensitive. |
|  host | string | Hostname of target server. |

**Returns:**

boolean

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

## Remarks

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Returns a boolean indicating whether any instance of the specified script is running on the target server, regardless of its arguments.

This is different than the [isRunning](./bitburner.ns.isrunning.md) function because it does not try to identify a specific instance of a running script by its arguments.

## Example 1


```ts
// NS1:
//The function call will return true if there is any script named foo.script running on the foodnstuff server, and false otherwise:
scriptRunning("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

//The function call will return true if there is any script named “foo.script” running on the current server, and false otherwise:
scriptRunning("foo.script", getHostname());
```
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## Example 2


```ts
// NS2:
//The function call will return true if there is any script named foo.script running on the foodnstuff server, and false otherwise:
ns.scriptRunning("foo.script", "foodnstuff");

//The function call will return true if there is any script named “foo.script” running on the current server, and false otherwise:
ns.scriptRunning("foo.script", ns.getHostname());
```