#!/bin/bash export http_proxy="" A="-5:00:00" H="2:00:00" function sendcmd(){ echo $1 | nc localhost 10001 -q10 } #lower limit is 0 sendcmd ":So0#" sendcmd ":Sz${A}#" sendcmd ":Sa${H}#" sendcmd ":MA#" #while true; do # ANS=$(sendcmd ":Gstat#") # echo $ANS # [ $ANS == "0#" ] && break # sleep 2 #done