while-true.sh (raw) (666B)
1 #!/bin/sh 2 # while-true 3 # description: clear terminal, run $1, sleep ($2 || 1), repeat (Ctrl+C to cancel) 4 # e.g.$ while-true "git status" 5 5 6 if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then 7 echo "Usage: while-true \"ACTION\" [SLEEP]" 8 echo "" 9 echo "while-true will loop infinitely and repeat ACTION every [SLEEP] seconds." 10 echo "ACTION should be the terminal command to carry out." 11 echo " Note that it needs to be provided inbetween \"\" marks so as not to be read as multiple arguments" 12 echo "SLEEP should provide the number of seconds to sleep for (default: 1)" 13 exit 14 fi 15 16 while [ true ]; do 17 clear 18 pwd 19 $1 20 if [ $2 ]; then 21 sleep $2 22 else 23 sleep 1 24 fi 25 done