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use sleep 300<br />
it will make script to sleep for 5 minutes.
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use sleep 300
it will make script to sleep for 5 minutes.

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u can use a while loop<br />
while : &nbsp;# this will make your script to run forvere <br />
do<br />
&nbsp;check something <br />
&nbsp;do something or nothing.<br />
&nbsp;sleep 300<br />
done<br />

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u can use a while loop
while :  # this will make your script to run forvere
do
 check something
 do something or nothing.
 sleep 300
done


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You still need crontab because &quot;starting at 2am and ending at 5 am&quot;<br />
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$ crontab -e <br />
# My Script do that, and run Mon-Fri 2:00AM - 5:00AM - Every 5 min<br />
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,4<wbr />5,50,55 2-5 * * 1-5 /home/script_path/script.k<wbr />sh<br />
<br />

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You still need crontab because "starting at 2am and ending at 5 am"

$ crontab -e
# My Script do that, and run Mon-Fri 2:00AM - 5:00AM - Every 5 min
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 2-5 * * 1-5 /home/script_path/script.ksh



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here's the thing. &nbsp;i'm running hp unix ksh shell. &nbsp;i have a shell script that i want to execute every 5 minutes starting at 2am and ending at 5 am. the shell script will log into a database running on the same server, check a table for the presence of a flag, and depending on the flag, do something or do nothing. my question is, is there a way to make unix run a shell scipt every 5 minutes without making a ton of entries in a cronfile and using crontab? please help!
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here's the thing.  i'm running hp unix ksh shell.  i have a shell script that i want to execute every 5 minutes starting at 2am and ending at 5 am. the shell script will log into a database running on the same server, check a table for the presence of a flag, and depending on the flag, do something or do nothing. my question is, is there a way to make unix run a shell scipt every 5 minutes without making a ton of entries in a cronfile and using crontab? please help!

make unix sleep?

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