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how to program a delay in a bash-script
i've got a little script to connect my pc to the internet. due to I'm using ip-masquerading, I have to run a script for the ipchains-rules. my problem: when I run this script which sets the rules for ipchains just after I gave the command to connect to my isp, I have no IP-adress. so i have to run this script for a second time, after about 3 seconds (I'm using ISDN). now I wanna ask, if there is a bash "delay"-command. It have not to be exactly. about 3 or 5 seconds on a pentium 100.
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Guess ozo got there first!
m.
m.
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thank you very much! (I hope it will work, because I havent't tried it yet...)
echo "Now";
command sleep 10;
echo "Then";
Can do seconds, minutes, hours. Default units are seconds.
Best wishes,
modulus