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Re: countdown in sleep(1)
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: countdown in sleep(1) |
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Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:26:02 -0600 |
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bobby f wrote:
> I think it is a novel idea to add a countdown option in sleep(1)
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> Any comments?
Bloat! And what type of output? Everyone would want something
different. Better to code it yourself.
for j in $(seq 10 -1 1); do
printf "$j..."
sleep 1
done
printf "Lift-off.\n"
Bob