Run script in a loop

anjanesh · 03-06-2007, 09:47 PM

Hi

I have this script that I want to run, say 100 times in a loop with a delay of 10 secs after each execution.

Is there

Code:

php script.php
sleep 10

How do I put this in a loop from 1 to 100 ?

Thanks

PatrickNew · 03-06-2007, 09:53 PM

are you wanting to put this in a bash script or a php script? A bash script would look something like this:

Code:

COUNTER=0
while [ COUNTER -lt 100 ]
php script.php
sleep 10
COUNTER=($COUNTER + 1)
done

anjanesh · 03-06-2007, 09:59 PM

Bash/Shell script, not php.
I even tried using a loop but it doesnt seem to work.

Code:

[root@ip-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx test]# ./run.sh
./run.sh: line 6: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
./run.sh: line 6: `done'
[root@ip-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx test]#

PatrickNew · 03-06-2007, 10:19 PM

oops, my bad. that code should have been

Code:

COUNTER=0
while [ $COUNTER -lt 100 ]
do
php script.php
sleep 10
COUNTER=($COUNTER + 1)
done

That "do" keyword is rather important

anjanesh · 03-07-2007, 07:31 PM

Do these shell scripts need a shebang line like #!/bin/bash ?
Isnt there anyway to get this working like the DOS batches files do ?

PatrickNew · 03-07-2007, 10:16 PM

the shebang line is required if the shell isn't /bin/sh, if it is /bin/sh you can get away with not putting it. You gotta remember to chmod +x it.