Easy one! - How do i create an infinite loop???

[JaybOt]

Hi all,

can anyone tell me (or post an example) how i can create an infinite loop? variations welcome.

Sorry for sounding a bit dunce, i have been programming for many years and in many languages but i am new to shell programming and the usual application of commands like 'do/while', 'case', and 'if/then/else' do not seem to work as expected in the shell.

any help would be appreciated!

JayBot
"Always know what you say, but don't always say what you know!"

 

[mbr]

bash loops like this:

while (/bin/true)
do
echo "dont stop me now"
done

from the man-page:

true does nothing, successfully

mbr