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bash while loop

Wish I knew how to do this on my own but I've wasted too much time on it as it is.... help! No idea what syntax to use.

I need to make the while condition a curl test to see if I get a result 200.
If I don't, then loop again until I do.
Once I do, then continue on with the script.

#!/bin/bash

while "curl -m 5 -k --key sever.key --cert server.crt -u "user:1234" -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://google.com)" ;
if [ $RES -ne 000 ];then echo "AVAILABLE" ; fi
do
sleep 2
done

echo "would continue with the script from this point on..."

woolmilkporc

"while" must be followed by "do". So just exchange "do" and "if ..."

while <operation>
do
if <condition> ; then
<operation>
fi
sleep
done

Your script has to fill the "RES" variable some way. Perhaps like this:

while RES=$(curl -m 5 -k --key sever.key --cert server.crt -u "user:1234" -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://google.com))
 do
   if [  $RES -eq 200 ];then 
       echo "AVAILABLE" ; 
       break
   fi
   sleep 2
done

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The while loop will run as long as the curl command (which I didn't check for syntax, by the way) gives a zero return code and the outcome is not equal 200.
Should curl fail or should the result be 200 the loop will terminate and the script will continue after "done".
To check whether the loop ended due to "curl" having failed or due to RES being 200 best repeat the test for "$RES -eq 200" after "done" and react accordingly.

woolmilkporc

If you want to run the loop until you're getting a 200 regardless of whether curl fails or not try this:

while :
  do
   RES=$(curl -m 5 -k --key sever.key --cert server.crt -u "user:1234" -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://google.com))
   if [  $RES -eq 200 ];then 
       echo "AVAILABLE" ; 
       break
   fi
   sleep 2
done

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":" means "no operation" which always returns "true", so the loop will run until the break condition ("200") is met.

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woolmilkporc

I assumed that the RES variable is needed again later in the script and that issuing the "Available" message is mandatory .

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ASKER

Basically, I just don't want the rest of the script to run until I can see the server and get a curl 200 result back.
To just keep trying until I see a 200 then continue on with the script.

Currently, I am using something like this;

#!/bin/bash

while [[ $(date "+%Y") -lt 2000 ]] ;
do
sleep 10
done

This simply lets me know once my device time was updated, which means I now have internet access.

woolmilkporc

All of our solutions will do what you desire.

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I'm not sure which one is what I need then.

I do need to know that I am getting a 200 back because that confirms that the script is able to see the target before continuing on.

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/go: line 3: [: 000: unary operator expected
not seeing some site yet so try again until I see it
./go: line 3: [: 000: unary operator expected
not seeing some site yet so try again until I see it
./go: line 3: [: 000: unary operator expected

#!/bin/bash

until [ $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://google.com) -eq200 ]
do
sleep 2

echo "not seeing some site yet so try again until I see it"

done

Echo "now would continue with the script"

woolmilkporc

Put a space between "-eq" and "200"

until [ $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://google.com) -eq 200 ]
do