Bash trick of the day

Eric C eric at newmag.org
Mon Apr 2 10:23:58 EDT 2007


"No. Why would you expect it to exit in 120 seconds?
-dsr-"

Because
WAIT_SECONDS=$(($WAIT_MINUTES * 60))

"Can you show me the exact line you typed in?"
- David

I just saved your script as davidKramer.sh and changed
to variables in the top.

cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg=$1
2=$2

In terminal I merely typed the path to davidKramer.sh
and it starts recording but no other messages.

- Eric C.  the one who needs to get off his ass and
read about shell scripting.

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