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Old 10-03-2007
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is offline Forum Staff  
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maybe:

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
while true
do
	last -1 <username> | read record
	echo "$record" | grep -q 'still logged'
	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
	   print " <username> is still logged in "
	else   
	   print $record
	   break
	fi
	sleep 5
done