loop or continue

[eykyn17]

Guys,

I know this is so easy for you..
What is the command to get the result by 5seconds or if i press the enter key
exmple: I want to monitor the print queue every 5 seconds.
lpstat -a pintername

How do i do that instead typing the command again.

Apprecaite your help

[David Bellamy · Accepted solution]

while true
do
lpstat -a printername
sleep 5
done
this will loop until you do a Control -C

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

# while true; do
> lpstat -a printername
> sleep 5
> done

Using a Ctrl-C will interrupt (terminate) the loop.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Pete Randall]

Write a little two line script:

lpstat -a printername
echo "full_path_of_myscript" |at now +5 minutes

The invoke that script with "echo "full_path_of_myscript" |at now +5 minutes"


Pete

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

the triggy part is
>>
or if I press the enter key
<<

A solution - which is HP specific - is the command
line -t 5
(the -t option is only available under HP-UX):

while :
do
dummy=$(line -t 5)
lpstat -a printer
done

mfG Peter

[eykyn17]

Hi ALL,

Thank you so much for the hint It really helps.

more power to all of you guys:-)

[eykyn17]

Hi ALL,

Thank you so much for all your reply. It really help me a lot it so much easier now.

more power to all of you guys:-)

[hpuxrox]

while true
do
echo "Press Enter"
read
lpstat -a printer
done

[eykyn17]

thanks all