Timer

aekaramg20 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006

Is there a way to make a timer?
E.g Please give the seconds...
...

Glenn Arndt · #2 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006

You should probably provide more information. Do you want to time something specific like a script? What do you want the timer to do?

aekaramg20 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006

i want the user to give a parameter in seconds and every x seconds to check for any logins or logouts.if you have a better way to do this it is acceptable.
thanks

Glenn Arndt · #4 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006

This might help -- it prints "Hello." every X seconds. Ctrl-C to stop.

sayhello.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

print -n "Enter seconds: "
read seconds
while :; do
  print "Hello."
  sleep $seconds
done

aekaramg20 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006

Anything for tcsh.thanks again

Glenn Arndt · #6 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006

Sorry, tcsh is not my bag. Someone else will need to help you with that.

zawmn83 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008

I have a script that execute every one minute for checking new files in a folder and converting to pdf.
Is there any way to start this script automatically on linux startup?

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