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Hi,

I have a script that processes the positional parameters provided on the command line, or - if none are provided - uses some defaults instead.

I've currently got it written as follows,...

Hi cfajohnson,



Yes, absolutely agree, and your version of the script is definitely the way to go, but by posting my corrected patch, I was just finishing what I started, so to speak :)

Hi Corona688,



All good points you raise... here's a unified diff of the two scripts, which also addresses the issue you correctly point out with printf control characters in the prefix:

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Hi cfajohnson,

Thanks for your version of the script... very enlightening!

Quick question: instead of doing a "raw" sleep...

sleep 1

your version does this instead...


sleep 1 &
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Great little script, Corona688, just what I needed! :b:

Here's a little variant I wrote that allows you to prefix the countdown timer with a custom message:

countdown "00:07:55" Time left...