[sllug-members]: Command to Execute command continuously

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

"Randy Clements" <handyrandyrc at gmail.com> asks about running a 
script repeatedly to test a server.

This csh (or tcsh) command does it nicely:

	repeat 99999999 your-command-here

In loop form, it looks like this:

	while (1)
		your-command-here
	end

Alternatively, use a loop in sh, bash, ksh, or zsh:

	while true ; do your-command-here; done

Interrupt them with Ctl-C or a kill single when they have done enough.

You can put a sleep command in your script to introduce delays if you
need them.  The normal sleep command takes an argument in seconds, but
the GNU coreutils takes a floating-point value, allowing delays of
less than a second.

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