From: John Kelly <bilbo@waitrose.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how-to: one command for repeat OR iterate shell OR bash command delay OR interval
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:35:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050717063508.302cbafe.bilbo@waitrose.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200507171157.35066.admarshall@gmail.com>
Hi,
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:57:34 +0700
AD Marshall <admarshall@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there already one bash command to do what the following script
> does (poorly or incompletely), ie repeat "command" indefinitely
> every "x" seconds:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # usage: repeat [x] <command>
> while true ; do $2 ; sleep $1 ; done
>
> < rest deleted >
The watch command might tbe what you want.
Or maybe not, if you don't want anything output to screen.
Try man watch for details.
regards,
John Kelly
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-17 4:57 how-to: one command for repeat OR iterate shell OR bash command delay OR interval AD Marshall
2005-07-17 5:35 ` John Kelly [this message]
2005-07-17 6:07 ` AD Marshall
2005-07-17 6:16 ` AD Marshall
2005-07-19 3:24 ` [Solution] " AD Marshall
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