Shell scripting (BASH) : Notify admin user if script load crossed certain limit

It is possible to monitor UNIX system load average and if it crossed certain limit an email can be send to admin user or even text via pager/sms.

1) Download/view chksysload.bash script

2) Open script using vi:
# vi chksysload.bash

3) Customize it according to your needs:
# Setup up limit below
NOTIFY="6.0"
# Setup admin user email-id
EMAIL="me@mycorp.net"
# Subject for email
SUBJECT="Alert $(hostname) load average"

4) Save and close the file.

5) Install script as cronjob

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