#!/bin/bash

# long-loopy.sh
# By: Sharon Tuttle
# last modified: 2022-10-04
#
# just a shell that can hopefully be run in the background
#     long enough to see its status as "Running" in the
#     jobs command!
#
# for example, by starting it running in the background:
# ./long-loopy.sh &
#
# ...then running the jobs command:
# jobs

value=0
LIMIT=1000000

while [ "$value" -lt "$LIMIT" ]
do
    let "value+=1"
done

exit 0