#!/usr/bin/env bash set -eux set -o pipefail systemctl --no-block start fail-on-restart.service active_state=$(systemctl show --value --property ActiveState fail-on-restart.service) while [[ "$active_state" == "activating" || "$active_state" =~ ^(in)?active$ ]]; do sleep .5 active_state=$(systemctl show --value --property ActiveState fail-on-restart.service) done systemctl is-failed fail-on-restart.service || exit 1 [[ "$(systemctl show --value --property NRestarts fail-on-restart.service)" -le 3 ]] || exit 1 touch /testok