From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Nov 6 18:21:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE83AE644E0 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 18:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x231.google.com (mail-io0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA3297DC2E for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 18:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x231.google.com with SMTP id 97so16665113iok.7 for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:21:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rC4+zNfZM5jvUo+3batQoeorRYbrXF8arp6SHPymQD8=; b=cm42R1ITQTdj/eA9LqwUYBwFcbJHi43/I9tQIv9cKbirT5x8hOsI/8a68ZQ+QUeqqv ymcrhP59grj6LE1VlOeg3pTaiQHdqBTqGdSbmcgq18E0hzyxLFuU2KcdkQHQiw8QUWQh Cxu+G2ti5/smti1oDQaAnFsLYUDoz8j43adsrFljr8zlmPnv8GyAJdPunlZOH9iaxPtg s+noRfebpZ31ycQxWLSi5kCzsjmmz5wGJJob34oHiKA3cDuvRQ6d2NdVvRf/lPJ6ywYh XIJ4ucaGaqrkmZWhLzFUL1Jw0pmr/cv0ia4F/TF9dtXkZqza6B4DosXZq1eY3EfONIJq OUjw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rC4+zNfZM5jvUo+3batQoeorRYbrXF8arp6SHPymQD8=; b=UgyDnk2fRZdB2XSPrZcQcEmsfXlIFoStp/7mtIkFrvqNIUvdm1wCzfo9MdqgP1aPvc 7ta1jYwkZbhYc5WaDikK321PnDIyUneCto0C1ruL7nD0e6vmGWNyUr5+NVe1N54gNY1e ZlCXZzDO3HTaylGMf/taXzOKg4aS7pQaqzSNFoGkSclTWFO4srojjLpuqfevOS4lzCd2 s1ET72kUN7Gs+i/mGPwa52wCwxvlmsaLusK2TWBl5/2CCFvHWePrk+Fb7FHYcdBrjeGy Cgmqj+uRf4oPddCHcDsmbiIT9V/WyxoBadYkniC+PrtohjqIypOxlkWKkYBQs+f09iww C6Jw== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaXc4kakkz3oTSA8M4oBZqUl88X8RGV5+EwFtngRQ2S+kRAjw9GF 7WCmCg2rxk7liZos+b2CNOA1cA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+RO2/KwbL+Ivsi32QnDBeV8BZGgRzY9Ed288Nv/OOD6aIeQCbrL/vYik9TWsUr7JCQ7/n+Rfg== X-Received: by 10.107.70.6 with SMTP id t6mr19809092ioa.41.1509992487960; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:21:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.10.7] (cpe-65-25-50-122.neo.res.rr.com. [65.25.50.122]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id k2sm5971904iok.43.2017.11.06.10.21.27 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:21:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5A00A826.2000501@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:21:26 -0500 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: how to code a timer loop in a sh script Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:21:29 -0000 Trying to write a sh script that will run continually and every 10 minutes issue a group of commands. Been trying to use the wait command and the while loop command to achieve the desired effect with no joy. Would like an example of a wait loop code to see how its done. Thanks for any help.