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Subject: Re: how to code a timer loop in a sh script
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Le 11/06/17 à 19:21, Ernie Luzar a écrit :
> 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.
> _______________________________________________ 

You can achieve this with gnu-watch, to run your script every 10 minutes.