check if a machine is responding on a given port - try until it is responding then say something

Revision: 45714

at May 5, 2011 21:50 by jonathanbp

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#!/bin/bash

while true; do
	if nc -w 1 -z $1 $2; then
		say "server $1 is responding on port $2"
		exit
	else
		echo -n "#"
		sleep 5
	fi
done

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check if a machine is responding on a given port - try until it is responding then say something

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Bash