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- WAITFOR(1) UNIX System V (local) WAITFOR(1)
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- NAME
- waitfor - wait for a string to appear on the stdin
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- SYNOPSIS
- waitfor [ -n ] string
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- DESCRIPTION
- Waitfor reads the standard input and returns a 0 if the
- string argument is found, returns a 1 if the strings did not
- appear within the allotted time, or returns a -1 on error.
- If the string is found, waitfor returns immediately.
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- Waitfor is designed to be used by Pcomm in a shell script
- for automatically logging a user onto a remote system.
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- The -n option is used to specify the length of time in
- seconds to wait. The default is 10 seconds.
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- EXAMPLE
- # wait 5 seconds for the login prompt
- waitfor -5 login:
- # test the exit code of the waitfor command
- if [ $? -eq 0 ]
- then
- # send my user ID
- echo egray
- fi
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- SEE ALSO
- pcomm(1), matches(1), modem_break(1), Pcomm Reference Manual
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- Page 1 (printed 12/31/89)
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