while loop help

fanco · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2007

Please help me to get out of loop

date=`date +%M`
endDate=`expr $date + 2`
while [ $date != $endDate ]
do
echo "This Program Pill End In 2 Minutes"
sleep 5
time=`date +%M`

done

devtakh · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2007

sdate=`date +%M`
endDate=`expr $sdate + 2`
while [ $endDate != $sdate ]
do
echo "This Program Pill End In 2 Minutes"
sleep 5
sdate=`date +%M`

done

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

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