#!/bin/sh trap "kill 0" EXIT SLEEP_BEFORE_RESPAWN=${SLEEP_BEFORE_RESPAWN:-0} i=0 max_i=500 while [ $i -lt $max_i ]; do echo "$i: starting: $*" $* & LAST_PID=$! wait $LAST_PID echo "$i: stopped pid $LAST_PID with status $?" if [ $SLEEP_BEFORE_RESPAWN -gt 0 ]; then echo "sleeping $SLEEP_BEFORE_RESPAWN seconds..." sleep $SLEEP_BEFORE_RESPAWN fi i=$(expr $i + 1) done echo "exiting after $max_i runs"