04-21-2009
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am taking a class in UNIX and have written a script that needs to countdown from a number that is read in from the keyboard to zero. If no number is given the start of the countdown should default to 10.
I can't get this to do the default
#! /bin/sh
echo Enter a number here to countdown... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: froggwife
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
was wondering if there was a script that would countdiwn the days until christmas (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, I've found two nifty little scripts on these forums one which detects if the F5 key has been pressed:
#/bin/sh
_key()
{
local kp
ESC=$'\e'
_KEY=
read -d '' -sn1 _KEY
case $_KEY in
"$ESC")
while read -d '' -sn1 -t1 kp
do
_KEY=$_KEY$kp
... (0 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any FUN countdown script that I can use for my script? At the moment, am just using sleep 10 or more and then print stuff into the screen to allow more time for the user to decide whether they want to continue running the script or abort?
Just thought of wanting... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie_01
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I have another problem with my script - I would like to have a countdown timer visible on the screen, and at the same time, I want te be able to do something else. And when the time runs out, I need to know about that inside the script somehow and do some action. I guess that would require 2... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: xqwzts
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
In the below bash when the perl is it possible to hide the commands from running on screen and display a process countdown?
For example, on the cygwin screen now the user sees each process in the command running as running protocol refGene, running protocol popfreq_all, etc... Could a... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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7. Ubuntu
I would like this to work with seconds as well.
#!/bin/bash
#
if ; then
echo "Incorrect usage ! Example:"
echo './CountDown.sh -d "Jun 10 2011 16:06"'
echo 'or'
echo './CountDown.sh -m 90'
exit 1
fi
now=`date +%s`
if ; then
until=`date -d... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: drew77
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8. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello. I am pretty new to unix and shell scripting and I was wondering if there might be a way to banner a countdown timer inside a script. We currently have an existing script that does a 2 minute sleep but thought it might be fun to actually make it banner a countdown timer until it is finished.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: thumbelina
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
sleep
sleep(3C) Standard C Library Functions sleep(3C)
NAME
sleep - suspend execution for an interval of time
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);
DESCRIPTION
The caller is suspended from execution for the number of seconds specified by the argument. The actual suspension time may be less than
that requested because any caught signal will terminate the sleep() following execution of that signal's catching routine. The suspension
time may be longer than requested by an arbitrary amount because of the scheduling of other activity in the system. The value returned by
sleep() will be the ``unslept'' amount (the requested time minus the time actually slept) if the caller incurred premature arousal because
of a caught signal.
The use of the sleep() function has no effect on the action or blockage of any signal. In a multithreaded process, only the invoking thread
is suspended from execution.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Async-Signal-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Standard |See standards(5). |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
nanosleep(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 5 Feb 2008 sleep(3C)