How to check postgres running or not ?

Hello Sir,
                I want to know how to check whether postgres database is
running or not ? when  I give command like ./postmaster -i &, whether
all databases in that postgres will run or any one [default] ? If any
one, then how to detect that database ?

Thanks and regards,
Sandeep.
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