loop, make the function much more robust.

2026-10-09 10:06:23 -07:00
parent a9080a6d12
commit f29fad4078
1 changed files with 11 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -1139,9 +1139,18 @@
      }
    function_loop: |
      function loop() {
-        cmd="$1"
+        cmd="$@"
+        sleep=""
+        sleep_time=5
+        if [[ "$cmd" != *"sleep"* ]]; then
+          sleep='echo -e "`date` - Sleeping for $sleep_time... \n"; sleep $sleep_time'
+        fi
+        count=0
        while true; do
-          $cmd
+          (( count++ ))
+          echo "`date` - Loop $count"
+          eval $cmd
+          eval $sleep
        done;
      }
      alias try="loop "