[SOLVED] using the kill command

Chupakabra · 07-28-2011, 07:11 PM

I want to run a script. I want the script to run in the background. I want it to run for 5 seconds. Then I want to use the kill command to stop it.

would I use

sleep 5 in my script

and what kill command would I use in my script to stop it automaticaly.

chrism01 · 07-28-2011, 07:28 PM

To background a cmd

Code:

/dir/prog &
# at this pt, $! holds the pid of the backgrounded job.
# recommend saving it
mypid=$!

sleep 5

kill $mypid

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/internalvariables.html