* Vidiot [Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:53:42PM -0600]:
> >    What's the best/safest way to loop a script over and over again?
> >
> >    All it does is call a different program with arguments (it plays mp3
> >files) and I want it to loop and start again when it reaches the end.
> >
> >    #!/bin/sh
> >    amp -p "file one.mp3"
> >    amp -p "file two.mp3"
> >    ...
> 
> You can use a while loop, using a variable that is always true.  It'll never
> end that way :-)
> 

In bash, you can use a C-style endless for loop:

for ((;;)); do
        amp -p "file one.mp3"
        amp -p "file two.mp3"
        ...
        amp -p "file N.mp3"
done

Hope that helps.

-- 
Johannes Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Computer Science, AA University



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