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VSleep - Visual Sleep Command

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Presentation

This script is similar to sleep command, but adds a visual function.
 
Syntax:
vsleep <Waiting_time_in_seconds>

The script

#!/bin/bash
########################################################
# Script: vsleep (Visual Sleep)                        #
# Version: 1.00 - June 2008                            #
# Author: Jerome DESMOULINS (http://www.desmoulins.fr) #
########################################################
# This script is a visual version of sleep command     #
# Usage: vsleep <Time to sleep in seconds>             #
########################################################

#Check for command line usage
if test $# -ne 1
then
  echo "  Syntax: $0 <Time_in_Seconds>"
  exit 1
fi

#Main loop
i=$1
while test $i -gt 0
do
  echo -n "${i}... "
  ((i=i-1))
  sleep 1
done
echo

#End of script

 

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