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 if not, and you want to use the above in a script of your own, just copy the above 3 lines and do the following (typing the lines into the console or pasting them in shell, using konsole under kde or gpm under a tty shell; hit <Ctrl-c> to stop it from looping). The two examples are optional. The stuff in angle brackets, <>, is stuff you won't see in your shell output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat >repeat #!/bin/sh # usage: repeat [x] <command> while true ; do $2 ; sleep $1 ; done [EMAIL PROTECTED] chmod +x repeat <examples> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ./repeat 2 "cat /proc/loadavg" 0.46 0.92 1.72 9/125 24171 0.46 0.92 1.72 2/125 24173 0.59 0.94 1.72 1/125 24181 <Ctrl-c> [EMAIL PROTECTED] cd .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] repeat 2 uname Linux Linux <Ctrl-c> btw: i've already posted the same to: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=343892 some answers might show up there before i get back -- AD Marshall Tel: +84 (0)903871313 eM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://h0lug.sourceforge.net Zone: ICT (IndoChina Time; GMT/UTC+7) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
