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i want an if statement to only run if the condition in the statement is true for at least 3 consecutive seconds, how do i achieve it in linux bash shell script? i haven't done it before, and couldn't find anything specific by googling and would greatly appreciate any help! i don't mean like a loop that executes the condition x amount of times, but a function that checks of the condition is true for at least x consecutive seconds/minutes before it runs a block of code.

thanks in advance

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This is not possible, you have to stick with the loop, or at least test, sleep 3, test again.

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Computers (digital ones) work with the discrete time, they don’t understand continuous time. In the discrete time, a condition “remains” true if it’s true in every sample. So you have to run a loop and count successful samples in it.

If you want to make the loop depending on the clock time rather than the repeat count, store the start time and test whether the expected time has elapsed in the loop condition.

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