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Offline mbzadegan

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TinyCore infinite loop BASH command ?
« on: February 22, 2011, 03:15:40 AM »
Hi,
I try to Run one line bash command ( such as LS ) on tiny core but get an error

for ((;;));do ls ;done

Note : i run it on other Distros and do well !!

Thanks for helping me ... :)

Offline tinypoodle

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Re: TinyCore infinite loop BASH command ?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 04:06:16 AM »
Did you explicitely run it in a bash shell?
The other distros you refer to might have bash as default shell.
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Offline mbzadegan

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Re: TinyCore infinite loop BASH command ?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 04:33:43 AM »
yes , my other distros have bash and i need to run infinite loop in tiny core .
How can i run a line command on a loop in tiny core ?
« Last Edit: February 22, 2011, 04:35:25 AM by mbzadegan »

Offline SvOlli

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Re: TinyCore infinite loop BASH command ?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2011, 04:40:41 AM »
Try the following, it should work on any Bourne shell, like bash and busybox ash:
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while true ; do ls -l ; done
But this will very likely create a heavy load on the system. If you don't want this, you should try:
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while sleep 1 ; do ls -l ; done

Offline mbzadegan

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TinyCore infinite loop BASH command ?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 05:08:49 AM »
WELL , this work excellent , Thanks  :)