Terminating an infinite loop - Unix Linux Stack Exchange To kill the outer loop I usually add a sleep command and press CTRL-C some more times: while :; do LONGTIME_COMMAND; sleep 1; done Please notice: the colon behind while is interpreded as TRUE, so this is an endless loop
what is the easiest way to configure serial port on Linux? In Windows command prompt to configure a serial port, I can simple use: mode com1: 9600,n,8,1 or to read the configuration: mode com1: Are there similar commands in Linux? What would be the easie
exit out of all SSH connections in one command and close PuTTY Is there a way to back out of all SSH connections and close PuTTY in "one shot"? I work in Windows 7 and use PuTTY to SSH to various Linux hosts An example of the way I find myself working: SSH
Bash while loop stop after a successful curl request Also, in while [ true ], the test checks if true is a non-empty string It obviously is, so this does work in giving an endless loop But [ false ] would also be always true, so a test like that is perhaps a bit misleading Could use while true; do instead
Removing a directory from PATH - Unix Linux Stack Exchange This unfortunately doesn't eliminate successive directory entries from the path, i e baz:foo:foo:bar removing foo becomes baz:foo:bar This is because the colon on both sides of the pattern matches baz[:foo:]foo:bar and because the last match ended with the colon, it doesn't pick up with the next :foo:
how can I start a bash script in its own process group I would like to start a bash script from another bash script, but start it in its own process group just like when you run it from the terminal There are a few similar questions, but I can't find