How to send output during ssh command execution

[SwissKnife]

Hi,

Here is a ksh function:

function GenSnapshot {

spout=`ssh -T -i ~/.ssh/delphix_key cs.delphix.ds@dlx37cti1 <<- EOF
    database
    select ${DELPHIX_OBJECT}
    sync
    commit
    exit
EOF`

}

I'm not mastering execution time an this is normal (Sometime it tooks few seconds, sometime few hours). How to encapsulate the ssh call to provide an output every X minutes saying something like "Executing...."

Thanks in advance,

Best regards, Den.

[Dennis Handly]

You could put it in the background and then every N seconds check to see if the process is still alive.

And when done, copy the redirected output to the screen.

$! is the process of the last background command.  Use "kill -0 $PID" to check if alive.