#!/bin/bash A="$1" # azimuth in sexagesimal notation, e.g. 10:00:00 H="$2" # altitude, same format as form azimuth function sendcmd(){ echo $1 | nc localhost 10001 -q10 } sendcmd ":Sz${A}#" sendcmd ":Sa${H}#" # not slew sendcmd ":MA#" # slew # sendcmd ":MS#" while true; do ANS=$(sendcmd ":Gstat#") echo $ANS [ $ANS == "7#" ] && break sleep 2 done