Make a bash script loop from start

evansd321 · 08-29-2008, 06:00 AM

Hi all, I am very new to Linux and I have a question.

How can I get a bash script to keep looping from the start "without" using any goto commands

for example my script has the following commands . . .

w
sleep 1
clear

. . . but then I want it to start all over again from the "w" command and keep doing so untill stop it.

Any assistance would be a real help to me

Thanks

Darren

arizonagroovejet · 08-29-2008, 06:16 AM

Make the last line of the script

exec $0

colucix · 08-29-2008, 06:20 AM

Hi and welcome to LQ! How do you suppose to stop the process? You can try an infinite loop like the following and stop it using Ctrl-C

Code:

while true
do
  your commands here
done

GazL · 08-29-2008, 06:20 AM

Code:

#!/bin/bash
while true
do
  echo "Some commands to loop endlessly go here."
done

edit: damn, beaten to it.

evansd321 · 08-29-2008, 06:32 AM

Thanks for your help everyone, it's working perfect now!!

mrrangerman · 08-29-2008, 11:37 AM

Sounds like homework to me???