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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:21:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: kadex <kadex@design.paume.itb.ac.id>
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Subject: Re: how to modify it ?
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, kadex wrote:

> dear sir,
> i have some script.. here it is.
> 
> --------------------------------------
> while : ; 
> 	do
> #start	
> echo "hello..!!" #first command
> cd /etc		#second command
> whoami		#third command
> #end
> 	done

Try creating a file with just the commands to execute, then use

while : ;
      do
exec `/usr/games/random < /file/with/commands'
      done

See `man 6 random' for info.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major