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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 DEBIAN
stopwatch
STOPWATCH(1x)STOPWATCH(1x)NAME
stopwatch -- a stopwatch and timer program
SYNOPSIS
stopwatch
DESCRIPTION
stopwatch does what its name implies - enables hand timing much like a physical stopwatch. It can also be used as a countdown timer. Stop-
watch has millisecond accuracy and no artificial limit on hours.
DIRECTIONS
Press "start" to start the stopwatch and "stop" to stop it. "record" records the current time and selects it so that it can readily be
pasted into other programs. Recorded times are marked with an L for "lap" or T for "total". When stopped, you can cut/paste/edit the time
by hand and set it to any valid time. "zero" resets the time to zero. Holding down the shift key while pressing record or zero, records and
then zeros the time.
Time moves forward or backward according to the Run menu. By default, time is stopped automatically when either the lap or total time
reaches zero. To disable the automatic stop, unselect Run -> Stop At Zero.
AUTHOR
This manual page was adapted from the stopwatch documentation written by Don Libes. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
this manpage under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
STOPWATCH(1x)