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How to execute a command repeatedly using bash

Answer:

The following simple bash script will run the echo command, sleep 10 seconds repeatedly.

#!/bin/bash 

while [1];
do
    echo "Hello!";
    sleep 10;
done
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One Response to “How to execute a command repeatedly using bash”

  1. Actually you can use just
    $ watch -n 10 'echo "Hello!"'

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