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 …

Jan 27, 2015 · I'm using git. I did a normal merge, but it keeps asking this: # Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary, # especially if it merges an updated …

Jul 3, 2023 · I am doing a unix script using until loop.The idea of my script is it need to continuously verify the url status whether is up or down.When its up, it will exit the loop. In my …

Feb 27, 2024 · I connected my university-vpn via openvpn on Windows, Ubuntu and Manjaro. Windows worked instantly, no configuration was needed. When using any Linux-System, …

Aug 7, 2011 · I encountered the following in /var/log/syslog on Ubuntu 14.04. Mar 24 09:41:19 ripple pulseaudio[4838]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Failed to create secure directory …

Mar 1, 2018 · I would like to use cat /dev/ttyUSB0 or something similar to monitor serial communication happening through my USB-serial adapter. I am successfully able to send …

I am pinging a remote IP. I know very little about the Ping command. When I ping the IP, it keeps going and going... I am not using the -t option. Me$ ping 137.30.124.104 PING …

FYI BSD solved this decades ago. Scroll lock will pause any scrolling buffer in any terminal or screen. Where is this in linux!!!!!

I have problem sending AT commands to my USB modem. At first I tried php-serial class, but when I was reading data, I got endless loop with strange data. Then I tried to debug problem …

Apr 9, 2021 · 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 …