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author | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2005-09-20 23:31:55 +1000 |
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committer | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2005-09-20 23:31:55 +1000 |
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diff --git a/doc_src/while.txt b/doc_src/while.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a59afc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc_src/while.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +\section while while - perform a command multiple times + +\subsection while-synopsis Synopsis +<tt>while CONDITION; COMMANDS; end</tt> + +\subsection while-synopsis Synopsis +The <tt>while</tt> builtin causes fish to continually execute the command COMMANDS while the command CONDITION returns with status 0. + +\subsection while-example Example + +<tt>while test -f foo.txt; echo file exists; sleep 10; end</tt> + +causes fish to print the line 'file exists' at 10 second intervals as long as the file foo.txt exists. |