08-25-2007
how to exit a while true loop
Hi guys,
I'm new to unix but loving it!! BUT this is driving me nuts as i can't work out the best way to do it.
I have a while true loop that i use to monitor something. For my own reasons in ths script i have disabled the CTRL C using the trap command. But i want to put in a option to exit the script using the exit command.
So i get it to display the info for say 30 seconds then it loops, then displays the new info. While it is waiting for 30 seconds i want the option to exit the script by pressing say the x key. As im new to unix not sure how to do this, i either work in ksh or bash. Pleeease give me an idea how to do this.
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