Sleep certain sections of the script
I'm completely new to bash scripting, my english isn't very good.
I want to pause/sleep the elif part but keep the elif working.I don't want the whole script to sleep.
elif ["$test"="$true1"];then
echo "good read 1" &
elif ["$test"="$true2"];then
echo "good read 2" &
So if test=true2 is triggered it waits for a couple seconds before sending a "good read 2", but it doesn't sleep the other elif statement so if test=test1 it will send that while the other elif part sleeps.
bash sleep
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I'm completely new to bash scripting, my english isn't very good.
I want to pause/sleep the elif part but keep the elif working.I don't want the whole script to sleep.
elif ["$test"="$true1"];then
echo "good read 1" &
elif ["$test"="$true2"];then
echo "good read 2" &
So if test=true2 is triggered it waits for a couple seconds before sending a "good read 2", but it doesn't sleep the other elif statement so if test=test1 it will send that while the other elif part sleeps.
bash sleep
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Why do you useecho ... &? This will runechoin the background which usually is not required.
– nohillside
35 mins ago
Why isn't it required?
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
What do you want to accomplish with it? Sending it into the background takes much longer than just theechoalone, so unless this is just a sample and you want to kick off a long-running command in your real code it doesn't seem to make sense.
– nohillside
23 mins ago
1
@securitytestman Regarding the '..doesn't sleep the other elif statement..' part from your question. The elif blocks are read sequentially, so there is no parallel operation happening there.
– Haxiel
21 mins ago
Haxiel does this mean if I want them to act as different parts of the script I will need to use something other than elif?
– securitytestman
22 secs ago
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I'm completely new to bash scripting, my english isn't very good.
I want to pause/sleep the elif part but keep the elif working.I don't want the whole script to sleep.
elif ["$test"="$true1"];then
echo "good read 1" &
elif ["$test"="$true2"];then
echo "good read 2" &
So if test=true2 is triggered it waits for a couple seconds before sending a "good read 2", but it doesn't sleep the other elif statement so if test=test1 it will send that while the other elif part sleeps.
bash sleep
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I'm completely new to bash scripting, my english isn't very good.
I want to pause/sleep the elif part but keep the elif working.I don't want the whole script to sleep.
elif ["$test"="$true1"];then
echo "good read 1" &
elif ["$test"="$true2"];then
echo "good read 2" &
So if test=true2 is triggered it waits for a couple seconds before sending a "good read 2", but it doesn't sleep the other elif statement so if test=test1 it will send that while the other elif part sleeps.
bash sleep
bash sleep
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Why do you useecho ... &? This will runechoin the background which usually is not required.
– nohillside
35 mins ago
Why isn't it required?
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
What do you want to accomplish with it? Sending it into the background takes much longer than just theechoalone, so unless this is just a sample and you want to kick off a long-running command in your real code it doesn't seem to make sense.
– nohillside
23 mins ago
1
@securitytestman Regarding the '..doesn't sleep the other elif statement..' part from your question. The elif blocks are read sequentially, so there is no parallel operation happening there.
– Haxiel
21 mins ago
Haxiel does this mean if I want them to act as different parts of the script I will need to use something other than elif?
– securitytestman
22 secs ago
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Why do you useecho ... &? This will runechoin the background which usually is not required.
– nohillside
35 mins ago
Why isn't it required?
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
What do you want to accomplish with it? Sending it into the background takes much longer than just theechoalone, so unless this is just a sample and you want to kick off a long-running command in your real code it doesn't seem to make sense.
– nohillside
23 mins ago
1
@securitytestman Regarding the '..doesn't sleep the other elif statement..' part from your question. The elif blocks are read sequentially, so there is no parallel operation happening there.
– Haxiel
21 mins ago
Haxiel does this mean if I want them to act as different parts of the script I will need to use something other than elif?
– securitytestman
22 secs ago
Why do you use
echo ... &? This will run echo in the background which usually is not required.– nohillside
35 mins ago
Why do you use
echo ... &? This will run echo in the background which usually is not required.– nohillside
35 mins ago
Why isn't it required?
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
Why isn't it required?
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
What do you want to accomplish with it? Sending it into the background takes much longer than just the
echo alone, so unless this is just a sample and you want to kick off a long-running command in your real code it doesn't seem to make sense.– nohillside
23 mins ago
What do you want to accomplish with it? Sending it into the background takes much longer than just the
echo alone, so unless this is just a sample and you want to kick off a long-running command in your real code it doesn't seem to make sense.– nohillside
23 mins ago
1
1
@securitytestman Regarding the '..doesn't sleep the other elif statement..' part from your question. The elif blocks are read sequentially, so there is no parallel operation happening there.
– Haxiel
21 mins ago
@securitytestman Regarding the '..doesn't sleep the other elif statement..' part from your question. The elif blocks are read sequentially, so there is no parallel operation happening there.
– Haxiel
21 mins ago
Haxiel does this mean if I want them to act as different parts of the script I will need to use something other than elif?
– securitytestman
22 secs ago
Haxiel does this mean if I want them to act as different parts of the script I will need to use something other than elif?
– securitytestman
22 secs ago
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In scripts you can use practically all commands you know from using the shell interactively. The command to sleep is called sleep, it takes one argument which is the time to sleep in seconds.
Looking at the snippet of your code this would lead to
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42
echo "good read 2"
If you want to just delay the output and have the script continue you can use
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
This will run sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" in the background.
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
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How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
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elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
(
sleep 42
echo "good read 2
#some stuff..
) &
That's will make a subshell inside your BASH script that wait 42 seconds before doing something, without stoping the rest of the script. Is that what you want?
(Note consider putting #!/bin/bash in the start of the script to guarantee you are running bash)
And why you just hate to use 'case' and start to use this horrible 'if' structures? Are you sure you really need to use if instead of case?
And please put the rest of the script... or a full sample.
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Luciano Andress Martini
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In scripts you can use practically all commands you know from using the shell interactively. The command to sleep is called sleep, it takes one argument which is the time to sleep in seconds.
Looking at the snippet of your code this would lead to
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42
echo "good read 2"
If you want to just delay the output and have the script continue you can use
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
This will run sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" in the background.
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
2,292819
How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
add a comment |
In scripts you can use practically all commands you know from using the shell interactively. The command to sleep is called sleep, it takes one argument which is the time to sleep in seconds.
Looking at the snippet of your code this would lead to
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42
echo "good read 2"
If you want to just delay the output and have the script continue you can use
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
This will run sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" in the background.
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
2,292819
How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
add a comment |
In scripts you can use practically all commands you know from using the shell interactively. The command to sleep is called sleep, it takes one argument which is the time to sleep in seconds.
Looking at the snippet of your code this would lead to
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42
echo "good read 2"
If you want to just delay the output and have the script continue you can use
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
This will run sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" in the background.
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
2,292819
In scripts you can use practically all commands you know from using the shell interactively. The command to sleep is called sleep, it takes one argument which is the time to sleep in seconds.
Looking at the snippet of your code this would lead to
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42
echo "good read 2"
If you want to just delay the output and have the script continue you can use
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
This will run sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" in the background.
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
2,292819
edited 22 mins ago
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
2,292819
answered 36 mins ago
nohillside
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answered 36 mins ago
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How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
add a comment |
How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
How would I make it so they both were to sleep if triggered but not effect each elif statement ? I don't want the whole script paused.
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
@securitytestman see edit
– nohillside
21 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
Would this also work then ? elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 1" & elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then sleep 42 && echo "good read 2" &
– securitytestman
2 mins ago
add a comment |
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
(
sleep 42
echo "good read 2
#some stuff..
) &
That's will make a subshell inside your BASH script that wait 42 seconds before doing something, without stoping the rest of the script. Is that what you want?
(Note consider putting #!/bin/bash in the start of the script to guarantee you are running bash)
And why you just hate to use 'case' and start to use this horrible 'if' structures? Are you sure you really need to use if instead of case?
And please put the rest of the script... or a full sample.
answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
3,453931
add a comment |
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
(
sleep 42
echo "good read 2
#some stuff..
) &
That's will make a subshell inside your BASH script that wait 42 seconds before doing something, without stoping the rest of the script. Is that what you want?
(Note consider putting #!/bin/bash in the start of the script to guarantee you are running bash)
And why you just hate to use 'case' and start to use this horrible 'if' structures? Are you sure you really need to use if instead of case?
And please put the rest of the script... or a full sample.
answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
3,453931
add a comment |
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
(
sleep 42
echo "good read 2
#some stuff..
) &
That's will make a subshell inside your BASH script that wait 42 seconds before doing something, without stoping the rest of the script. Is that what you want?
(Note consider putting #!/bin/bash in the start of the script to guarantee you are running bash)
And why you just hate to use 'case' and start to use this horrible 'if' structures? Are you sure you really need to use if instead of case?
And please put the rest of the script... or a full sample.
answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
3,453931
elif [ "$test" = "$true1" ]; then
echo "good read 1"
elif [ "$test" = "$true2" ]; then
(
sleep 42
echo "good read 2
#some stuff..
) &
That's will make a subshell inside your BASH script that wait 42 seconds before doing something, without stoping the rest of the script. Is that what you want?
(Note consider putting #!/bin/bash in the start of the script to guarantee you are running bash)
And why you just hate to use 'case' and start to use this horrible 'if' structures? Are you sure you really need to use if instead of case?
And please put the rest of the script... or a full sample.
answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
3,453931
edited 2 mins ago
answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
3,453931
answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
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answered 8 mins ago
Luciano Andress Martini
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3,453931
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Why do you use
echo ... &? This will runechoin the background which usually is not required.– nohillside
35 mins ago
Why isn't it required?
– securitytestman
28 mins ago
What do you want to accomplish with it? Sending it into the background takes much longer than just the
echoalone, so unless this is just a sample and you want to kick off a long-running command in your real code it doesn't seem to make sense.– nohillside
23 mins ago
1
@securitytestman Regarding the '..doesn't sleep the other elif statement..' part from your question. The elif blocks are read sequentially, so there is no parallel operation happening there.
– Haxiel
21 mins ago
Haxiel does this mean if I want them to act as different parts of the script I will need to use something other than elif?
– securitytestman
22 secs ago