08-28-2013
Refresh Firefox tabs periodically
Hi all
I'm a shell script newbie so please have some patience with me
To my question:
I wrote a simple shell script which opens a firefox instance with multiple tabs. So far, so good. But I would also like to have all these tabs automatically refreshed (let's say all 45 seconds). Is that anyhow possible with shell script?
Background: I am caching these websites and want to try out if the cache also works (over a longer period). This runs on my local server, which I restart every now and then.
I want this shell script to be launched at system start-up so that the server automatically opens firefox, all the tabs and also periodically refreshes the tabs.
Any ideas how I could manage this?
I hope there is a "simple" solution for this.. .
Cheers,
NemesisBBB
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
firefox
FIREFOX(1) Linux User's Manual FIREFOX(1)
NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable, firefox-bin.
OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.
GTK options
--gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gdk debugging flags to unset
--gtk-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to set
--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
--gtk-module=MODULE
Load an additional Gtk module
X11 options
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--no-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
--xim-preedit=STYLE
--xim-status=STYLE
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal
Firefox options
-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-v, -version
Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.
-CreateProfile profile
Create profile.
-P profile
Start with profile.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager.
-remote command
Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.
-no-remote
Don't connect to any other running instances of firefox. Use this if you want to run firefox in an entirely new process. By default,
firefox will delegate a command to an already running instance.
-safe-mode
Start firefox in safe-mode. This disables all third-party extensions, and may be necessary if you are having problems with an exten-
sion you installed.
-new-tab url
Open url in a new tab.
-new-window url
Open url in a new window.
-preferences
Open the preferences dialog.
-private
Start firefox in private browsing mode.
-private-toggle
Toggle private browsing mode.
-setDefaultBrowser
Set firefox as the default web browser.
-search term
Search for term with your default search engine.
-migration
Start with migration wizard.
-new-instance
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
FILES
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox executable
VERSION
1.0
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
SEE ALSO
mozilla(1)
AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
firefox August 07, 2001 FIREFOX(1)