Run every N seconds

• Snippet
• Shell
• 2 blanks to fill

while true; do Command; sleep 5; done

About this template

Repeat a command.

Category

Code snippets

Pack

Shell

Type

Snippet, a short message

Asks for

Command, Seconds

Use it anywhere you write: email, chat, a document or a support tool. If you send it often, save the finished text as a snippet in ClipBuddy and paste it again from your clipboard history with ⌘⇧V.

while true; do {{Command}}; sleep {{Seconds=5}}; done

More code snippets templates

• Environment variable for one command Snippet Inline env.
• Sum a column Snippet awk sum.
• Unique sorted lines Snippet Dedupe.
• Batch resize images Snippet macOS sips.
• Find large files Snippet Biggest files here.
• Disk usage by folder Snippet Top folders.

See all 268 code snippets templates