08-30-2007
wait for 5 seconds in shell script
hi
how can i wait for 5 seconds inside my shell script? 'wait 5' command doesnot seem to be working?
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am creating 3 background processes in my shell script using &.
I have obtained the 3 PIDs of the background processes using $!.
I need to wait for these to complete and i need the exit status of each of these.
If i use :
wait $PID1
wait $PID2
wait $PID3
and get the exit status of... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Vinaya
1 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Did not use 'wait' yet.
How I understand by now the wait works only for child processes, started background.
Is there any other way to watch completion of any, not related process (at least, a process, owned by the same user?)
I need to start a background process, witch will be waiting... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: alex_5161
2 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
guys I need emergency help with below shell script assignment..am new to shell script
Write a Shell script to automatically check that a specified user is logged in to the
computer.
The program should allow the person running the script to specify the name of the
user to be checked, the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gurmad
2 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
HI,
I have a strange problem. A shell script that runs fine on solaris. when i ported to linux, it started hanging.
here is the core of the script
CFG_FILE=tab25.cfg
sort -t "!" -k 2 ${CFG_FILE} | egrep -v "^#|^$" | while IFS="!" read a b c
do
#echo "jobs output"
#jobs
#echo "jobs... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: aksaravanan
13 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am facing a strange issue,
when i call a script from my while loop in background it doesnt go in background, despite the wait i put below the whil loop it goes forward even before the process put in background is completed.
cat abc.txt | while read -u4 line
do
#if line contains #... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mihirvora16
2 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi, everyone.
My want to execute the shell script below per 10 seconds
PID=`pgrep java`
if
then
/home/java/java
fi
crontab wouldn't help me.
some one can give me suggestions?thanks
---------- Post updated at 07:29 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:26 AM ----------
... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: AKB48
6 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Can anyone help me how to exit a shell script if a unix command inside does not return any value for 10 seconds?
The scenarios is like this.
I want to login to a application using shell script where the connection string is mentioned.but suppose this connection string is not... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: arijitsaha
10 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Let's say I start process A.sh, then start process B.sh. I call both of them in my C.sh
How can I make sure that B starts its execution only after A.sh finishes.
I have to do this in loop.Execution time of A.sh may vary everytime.
It is a parameterized script. (17 Replies)
Discussion started by: rafa_fed2
17 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a question related to Shell scripting. In my shell script, I have following two commands in sequence:
sed 's/^/grep "^120" /g' $ORIGCHARGEDAMTLIST|sed "s;$;| cut -f$FIELD_NO1 -d '|' | awk '{ sum+=\$1} END {printf (\"%0.2f\\\n\", sum/100)}' >$TEMPFILE
mv $TEMPFILE $ORIGFILE... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: angshuman
3 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have the requirement that ,i have to write a shell script that job has to wait for a 7 touch files created by another application for 4 hours, if i get all 7 touch files ,i have to send a mail that i jobs are completed, if if it is waiting for more than 4 hours i have to send a mail... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pradeep Shetty
2 Replies
LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
vboxputty
VBOXPUTTY(8) System Manager's Manual VBOXPUTTY(8)
NAME
vboxputty - a self-dialing/-calling vboxgetty
SYNOPSIS
vboxputty -d device [-f config-file] [-c phonenumber] [-s ring-timeout] [-w wait] [-t redial] [-r redial-pause]
vboxputty [-hv]
DESCRIPTION
vboxputty is a vboxgetty, not waiting for, but triggering a call. After connect, vboxputty is acting exactly like vboxgetty. vboxputty
exits with 0 if a connection was established, 99 on BUSY.
OPTIONS
-h display a short help
-v display the version information
-f config-file
use config-file instead of the default vboxgetty.conf
-d device
use device (/dev/ttyI*) for dialout
-c phonenumber
the phonenumber to be called
-s ring-timeout
vboxputty will dial the phonenumber and wait ring-timeout seconds for the called party to accept the call, if ring-timeout seconds
are ellapsed before connect, vboxputty will hangup.
-w wait
after the connection is established, vboxputty will wait wait seconds before starting the tcl-script
-t redial
if the called party is BUSY, vboxputty will try redial times to get a connect
-r redial-pause
vboxputty waits redial-pause seconds between BUSY-redials
FILES
/usr/local/vbox/etc/vboxgetty.conf
AUTHOR
Gerrit Pape <pape@innominate.de>
SEE ALSO
the vbox-documentation
4th Berkeley Distribution 13. January 2000 VBOXPUTTY(8)