Do something for x Seconds

[Taiger]

Hello Again,

I got so good answer the last time I asked her that I think I try again
I’m trying to make a program that is searching text for 10 seconds and
Then print what it found from the stored arrays.

But I can’t seam to find any suitable command to use for timing

=====

Awk ‘ /sometext/ { array[n++]= "%s",$5
END {
while (n-->0) print array[n];
} '

=====

How to be able to run this for 10 seconds and then print all the
found arrays on last line and then start over?

 

[Mike042]

Here's my suggestion. Put your 'searching program' into its own script, with the output written into a temporary file (instead of an array). Then from a 'wrapper script' call the 'searching program' and run it in 'background' (put '&' after the call), wait (sleep) for x Seconds, then read the results from the temporary file. The 'searching program' may continue to run for some time, so either let it run, or kill it.


I hope that helps, to get you started.

Mike