create bash on Linux VPS that will open and close firefox every X sec (like bat file on windows

asrafeden · December 2015

create bash file/ script on Linux VPS that will open and close firefox every X sec (3600 sec +-) + run imacro file like bat file on windows.
how can i do it?
thanks for help all!

TheOnlyDK · December 2015

While loop + sleep. Why do you need to do this?

jlay · December 2015

Here you go:

while true ; do sleep 3600 ; echo "starting firefox" ; firefox ; done

It's crude and only opens firefox every 3,600 seconds. You can add 'killall firefox' if you want to do housecleaning and get rid of existing instances before starting a new one. That would look something like this:

while true ; do sleep 3600 ; echo "killing existing firefox instances" ; killall firefox ; echo "starting firefox" ; firefox ; done

I haven't really tested this but let me know if it works as intended.

TheOnlyDK · December 2015

Since you just edited.. If you need ~ 3600sec, you can also use cron? Run hourly and done.

asrafeden · December 2015

@TheOnlyDK said:
While loop + sleep. Why do you need to do this?

thanks but how its works? i never use Linux... i edit my post... i need it to run imacro.

@tehmaggot said:
Here you go:

while true ; do sleep 5 ; echo "starting firefox" ; firefox ; done

It's crude and only opens firefox every five seconds. You can add 'killall firefox' if you want to do housecleaning and get rid of existing instances before starting a new one. That would look something like this:

while true ; do sleep 5 ; echo "killing existing firefox instances" ; killall firefox ; echo "starting firefox" ; firefox ; done

I haven't really tested this but let me know if it works as intended.

i edit my post, i need it to run imacro when its open firefox...
can you tell me how its works?
for example on windows i do that do open and close firefox + run imacro:
1. create fill (Notepad) and write that:
@echo off
:loop
cls
taskkill /F /IM Firefox.exe
cls
taskkill /F /IM crashreporter.exe
cls
ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 4000 > nul
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p firefox imacros://run/?m=XXXXX.iim
ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 30000 > nul
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=
ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w 1200000 > nul
goto loop