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)
I am looking for a way to display on a single line, a running countdown for a given amount of time in a terminal using a bash script.
I am looking for this to use as part of a larger bash script that captures Video. The script sets up a bunch of parameters for DVgrab, and one of the parameters... (11 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)
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 have a bash with several processes in it, that I would like to include a progress bar or percentage complete. Below are two separate processes that, so the user knows that something is happening, there is an an indicator for each process.
Maybe, at the start of each new process a printf the... (2 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)
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heightmmofscreen
BlackPixelOfScreen(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS BlackPixelOfScreen(3)NAME
BlackPixelOfScreen, WhitePixelOfScreen, CellsOfScreen, DefaultColormapOfScreen, DefaultDepthOfScreen, DefaultGCOfScreen, DefaultVisualOf-
Screen, DoesBackingStore, DoesSaveUnders, DisplayOfScreen, XScreenNumberOfScreen, EventMaskOfScreen, HeightOfScreen, HeightMMOfScreen, Max-
CmapsOfScreen, MinCmapsOfScreen, PlanesOfScreen, RootWindowOfScreen, WidthOfScreen, WidthMMOfScreen - screen information functions and
macros
SYNTAX
unsigned long BlackPixelOfScreen(Screen *screen);
unsigned long WhitePixelOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int CellsOfScreen(Screen *screen);
Colormap DefaultColormapOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int DefaultDepthOfScreen(Screen *screen);
GC DefaultGCOfScreen(Screen *screen);
Visual *DefaultVisualOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int DoesBackingStore(Screen *screen);
Bool DoesSaveUnders(Screen *screen);
Display *DisplayOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int XScreenNumberOfScreen(Screen *screen);
long EventMaskOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int HeightOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int HeightMMOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int MaxCmapsOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int MinCmapsOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int PlanesOfScreen(Screen *screen);
Window RootWindowOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int WidthOfScreen(Screen *screen);
int WidthMMOfScreen(Screen *screen);
ARGUMENTS
screen Specifies the appropriate Screen structure.
DESCRIPTION
The BlackPixelOfScreen macro returns the black pixel value of the specified screen.
The WhitePixelOfScreen macro returns the white pixel value of the specified screen.
The CellsOfScreen macro returns the number of colormap cells in the default colormap of the specified screen.
The DefaultColormapOfScreen macro returns the default colormap of the specified screen.
The DefaultDepthOfScreen macro returns the default depth of the root window of the specified screen.
The DefaultGCOfScreen macro returns the default GC of the specified screen, which has the same depth as the root window of the screen.
The DefaultVisualOfScreen macro returns the default visual of the specified screen.
The DoesBackingStore macro returns WhenMapped, NotUseful, or Always, which indicate whether the screen supports backing stores.
The DoesSaveUnders macro returns a Boolean value indicating whether the screen supports save unders.
The DisplayOfScreen macro returns the display of the specified screen.
The XScreenNumberOfScreen function returns the screen index number of the specified screen.
The EventMaskOfScreen macro returns the root event mask of the root window for the specified screen at connection setup.
The HeightOfScreen macro returns the height of the specified screen.
The HeightMMOfScreen macro returns the height of the specified screen in millimeters.
The MaxCmapsOfScreen macro returns the maximum number of installed colormaps supported by the specified screen.
The MinCmapsOfScreen macro returns the minimum number of installed colormaps supported by the specified screen.
The PlanesOfScreen macro returns the number of planes in the root window of the specified screen.
The RootWindowOfScreen macro returns the root window of the specified screen.
The WidthOfScreen macro returns the width of the specified screen.
The WidthMMOfScreen macro returns the width of the specified screen in millimeters.
SEE ALSO AllPlanes(3), ImageByteOrder(3), IsCursorKey(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.5.0 BlackPixelOfScreen(3)