09-17-2006
very first shell program.
in the beginners book i have it gives an exercise to try. saying to make a script that examines the time. it should keep examining every second or so and say some sort of message. Can anyone help me get going.
Thanks
Last edited by bebop1111116; 09-17-2006 at 02:16 PM..
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