Attached is a bash script that counts down by seconds and display the remaining time on a single line of output. The single argument is the number of seconds you wish to wait. Remaining time below ten seconds will be given on each second, below 100 seconds will be given every ten seconds, and longer waits will be given every 100 seconds. I am not sure I like it, but it works. Unfortunately it prevents you from using other arguments than seconds. i.e., not minutes or hours. HTH Chuck -- The Moon is Full "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Personal site www.hhs48.com, Software site www.mhcable.com/~chuckh -------------- next part -------------- #!/bin/bash if [ "$1" != "" ] && [ "$1" != "0" ]; then x=$1 echo -n "Waiting" x1=$((x/10)) if [ "$x" != "$((x1*10))" ] && [ "$x1" != "0" ]; then echo -n " $x" fi until [ "$((x/10))" = "0" ]; do x1=$((x/10)) x2=$((x/100)) if [ "$x" = "$((x2*100))" ] && [ "$((x2/10))" = "0" ]; then echo -n " $x" else if [ "$x" = "$((x1*10))" ] && [ "$((x1/10))" = "0" ]; then echo -n " $x" fi fi sleep 1 x=$((x-1)) done until [ "$x" = "0" ]; do echo -n " $x" sleep 1 x=$((x-1)) done echo " GO!" fi
