#!/bin/bash ######################################################################## # # File: notify.sh # # Description: example for an background job, see mycommands.sh.dist # # Usage: runback notify example/notify.sh [seconds] - or run in terminal # killback notify - to stop background job # # Options: seconds - time to sleep between output, default 10 # # This file is public domain in the USA and all free countries. # Elsewhere, consider it to be WTFPLv2. (wtfpl.net/txt/copying) # #### $$VERSION$$ v1.51-0-g6e66a28 ######################################################################## ###### # parameters # $1 $2 args as given to starct_proc chat script arg1 arg2 # $3 path to named pipe/log # adjust your language setting here # https://github.com/topkecleon/telegram-bot-bash#setting-up-your-environment export 'LC_ALL=C.UTF-8' export 'LANG=C.UTF-8' export 'LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8' unset IFS # set -f # if you are paranoid use set -f to disable globbing # discard STDIN for background jobs! cat >/dev/null & # $1 = time between time notifications # check if $1 is a valid number if [[ "$1" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] ; then SLEEP="$1" else SLEEP=10 fi # output current time every $1 seconds printf "Output time every %s seconds ...\n" "${SLEEP}" while true do date "+* It's %k:%M:%S o'clock ..." sleep "${SLEEP}" done