To destroy the outer loop I generally add a snooze command and push CTRL-C some additional periods: while :; do LONGTIME_COMMAND; snooze 1; performed. Remember to detect: the colon guiding while is interpreded as Legitimate, so this is an endless loop. Brendan LongBrendan Very long 56244 silver badges1616 bronze badges https://klausl257qqm9.blogdal.com/profile