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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Directory to monitor
+BASE_DIR="/home/shane/foodie_automator"
+CHECKSUM_FILE="$BASE_DIR/.file_checksum"
+LOG_FILE="$BASE_DIR/manage_scripts.log"
+
+# Log function
+log() {
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1" >> "$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+# Calculate checksum of files (excluding logs, JSON files, and venv)
+calculate_checksum() {
+    find "$BASE_DIR" -type f \
+        -not -path "$BASE_DIR/*.log" \
+        -not -path "$BASE_DIR/*.json" \
+        -not -path "$BASE_DIR/.file_checksum" \
+        -not -path "$BASE_DIR/venv/*" \
+        -exec sha256sum {} \; | sort | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}'
+}
+
+# Check if scripts are running
+check_running() {
+    pgrep -f "python3.*foodie_automator" > /dev/null
+}
+
+# Stop scripts
+stop_scripts() {
+    log "Stopping scripts..."
+    pkill -TERM -f "python3.*foodie_automator" || true
+    sleep 10
+    pkill -9 -f "python3.*foodie_automator" || true
+    log "Scripts stopped."
+}
+
+# Start scripts
+start_scripts() {
+    log "Starting scripts..."
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    source venv/bin/activate
+    python3 foodie_automator_reddit.py & python3 foodie_automator_rss.py & python3 foodie_automator_google.py &
+    log "Scripts started."
+}
+
+# Update dependencies
+update_dependencies() {
+    log "Updating dependencies..."
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    # Create venv if it doesn't exist
+    if [ ! -d "venv" ]; then
+        python3 -m venv venv
+    fi
+    source venv/bin/activate
+    pip install --upgrade pip
+    pip install -r requirements.txt || (pip install requests openai beautifulsoup4 feedparser praw duckduckgo_search selenium Pillow pytesseract webdriver-manager && log "Fallback: Installed core dependencies")
+    log "Dependencies updated."
+}
+
+# Main logic
+log "Checking for file changes..."
+CURRENT_CHECKSUM=$(calculate_checksum)
+
+if [ -f "$CHECKSUM_FILE" ]; then
+    PREVIOUS_CHECKSUM=$(cat "$CHECKSUM_FILE")
+else
+    PREVIOUS_CHECKSUM=""
+fi
+
+if [ "$CURRENT_CHECKSUM" != "$PREVIOUS_CHECKSUM" ]; then
+    log "File changes detected. Previous checksum: $PREVIOUS_CHECKSUM, Current checksum: $CURRENT_CHECKSUM"
+    
+    # Stop scripts if running
+    if check_running; then
+        stop_scripts
+    fi
+
+    # Update dependencies
+    update_dependencies
+
+    # Start scripts
+    start_scripts
+
+    # Update checksum
+    echo "$CURRENT_CHECKSUM" > "$CHECKSUM_FILE"
+    log "Checksum updated."
+else
+    log "No file changes detected."
+fi
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