This is how you create an infinite loop in bash to run a piece of code infinitely at defined intervals.
#!/bin/bash
while [ 1 ]
do
# Your code goes here
# Modify sleep time (in seconds) as needed below
sleep 2
done
I needed such code to monitor the size of a file every 2 seconds.
Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-write-infinite-loop-in-bash/
find . -name “*” | grep -i scomm | xargs ls -ltr | grep “Aug 13 10” | awk ‘{print $9}’
to use in the cp command (get the column number 9 which contains the file’s full path
cp `find . -name “*” | grep -i scomm | xargs ls -ltr | grep “Aug 13 10” | awk ‘{print $9}’` /sfs/aamr/scomm/sbprd02
If the search_string contains any special characters (e.g. dot, slash, double quotations …etc, then preceed it by a ‘\’
find starting_folder -name “*” | grep -i file_name | xargs grep -i search_string
for example:
“find . -name “*” | grep -i hobba | xargs grep -i tito”
searches for the string “tito” inside all files whose name contains the word “hobba” inside the current folder.
Note that the “-i” parameter for the “grep” command makes the search case insensitive.
find start_directory -name “*” | grep -i search_string
e.g. “find . -name “*” | grep -i hobba” searches within the current directory and can return a file with name “aamr_HoBba.log” for example.
I found this nice tutorial and would like to share it with you, it’s really useful:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/saternos_scripting.html
Just Some Techie Notes! 