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

asrafedenasrafeden Member
edited December 2015 in Help

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!

Comments

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

  • jlayjlay Member
    edited 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.

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

  • asrafedenasrafeden Member
    edited 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

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    1. save as a XXX.bat and run.

    how its works on linux?

  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    Ot is obviously why he needs it

  • @asrafeden said:
    how its works on linux?

    Sadly I'm not familiar with iMacro or how Windows scripts work, so I can't even confidently guess. Hopefully somebody else can help you out there!

  • Use crontab, something like:

          • 10killall -9 firefox ; sleep 5 ;firefox url.com
  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    linuxthefish said: Use crontab, something like:

    10killall -9 firefox ; sleep 5 ;firefox url.com

    You'd probably need to set DISPLAY to launch firefox.

    Why do I suspect the OP is engineering some sort of crappy ad-revenue-traffic-generating lameness...

  • raindog308 said: Why do I suspect the OP is engineering some sort of crappy ad-revenue-traffic-generating lameness...

    That's what I thought too.

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