Make probes from them:
 
-    $ cat > probes/example.com/ping4/run <<EOF
-    #!/bin/sh -e
-    "$SGMONDIR"/helper/http http://example.com/ Some.Expected.Title
-    EOF
+    $ echo '"$SGMONDIR"/helper/http http://example.com/ Some.Expected.Title'
+        > probes/example.com/ping4/run <<EOF
     # only 3 failures will generated notification email
     $ echo 3 > probes/example.com/http/max-attempts
 
-    $ cat > probes/example.com/ping4/run <<EOF
-    #!/bin/sh -e
-    "$SGMONDIR"/helper/ping 4 example.com
-    EOF
+    $ echo '"$SGMONDIR"/helper/ping 4 example.com' > probes/example.com/ping4/run
 
-    $ cat > probes/example.com/ping6/run <<EOF
-    #!/bin/sh -e
-    "$SGMONDIR"/helper/ping 6 example.com
-    EOF
+    $ echo '"$SGMONDIR"/helper/ping 6 example.com' > probes/example.com/ping6/run
     $ echo 5 > probes/example.com/ping4/period # every 5 seconds
 
     $ cat > probes/jails/foobar/run <<EOF
     #!/bin/sh -e
     jls -j foobar-jail-name
     EOF
+    $ chmod +x probes/jails/foobar/run
 
 Set default configuration values:
 
 
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 find . -mindepth 1 -type d -not -name ".*" | while read probe ; do
-    [ -x $probe/run ] || continue
+    [ -e $probe/run ] || continue
     echo ${probe#./}
 done | sort
 
 while : ; do
     [ -s max-attempts ] && read max_attempts < max-attempts || max_attempts=1
     [ -s state/attempts ] && read attempts < state/attempts || attempts=0
-    if ./run >state/stdout 2>state/stderr ; then
+    [ -x run ] && cmd=./run || cmd="sh -e run"
+    if $cmd >state/stdout 2>state/stderr ; then
         if [ "$attempts" -ge "$max_attempts" ] ; then
             "$SGMONDIR"/notify-ok.sh
         fi