title: How to check whether a service is running or not on Linux Mint
body: <p>How do I check whether a service is running or not on Linux Mint?</p>
  
  <p>If that service is not running, I need to start it.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried using</p>
  
  <pre><code>service &lt;service-name&gt; status
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But for some services it is not returning any results.</p>
  
  <p><code>service --status-all</code> is not of much use either as it has <code>?</code> marks for some services.</p>