On 2009-12-14, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005 / gmail.com> wrote:
> Anybody know if something like this exists.
>
> two terminals open
>
> 1) hack hack hack [start long running process]
> 2) hack hack [type in the name of a command which should be run
> immediately after long running process in terminal one finishes--and
> somehow it will start immediately afterward].
>
> [windows compatible would be nice].
>
> Anything like that out there?

In the first terminal window:

touch /tmp/waitforme

In the second

while ! test -e /tmp/waitforme
do
sleep 1
done
<command>

This might be more topical in comp.unix.shell.  :)

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