which loop in bash script - bash

Question

I am quite new in bash, but I need to create a simple script which will do below steps:
Wait 1 minute
A) bash script will use CM to generate result file
B) check row 8 in result file (to know if Administrator is running any jobs or not)
if NO jobs:
C) bash script will use CM to start cube refresh
D) wait 1 minute
D1) Remove result file
E) generate result file
E1) Read row 8
no jobs:
F) remove result file G) EXIT
yes:
I) Go to D)
YES:
E) Wait 1 minute
F) Remove result file
Go to A)
As bash doesn't have goto (or should not be use), I tried few loops, but I not sure which I should choose.
I know how to:
- start cube(step C)
- generate result file (step A & E):
- check line 8:
sed '8!d' /abc_uat/cmlogs/adm_jobs_u1.log
condition for loops will be probably similar to this: !='Owner = Administrator'
but how to avoid goto ?
I tried with while do loop, but I am not sure what should I add in case of false condition, I added else, but not sure of it:
sleep 60
Generate result file with admin jobs (which admin runs inside of 3rd party tool)
while [ sed '8!d' admin_jobs_result_file.log !="Owner = Administrator" ];
do
--NO Admin jobs
START CUBE REFRESH (it will start admin job)
sleep 60
REMOVE RESULT FILE (OLD)
GENERATE RESULT FILE
while [ sed '8!d' admin_jobs_result_file.log = "Owner = Administrator" ];
--Admin is still running cube refresh
do
sleep 60
REMOVE RESULT FILE (OLD)
GENERATE RESULT FILE
-- it should continue checking every 1 minute if admin is still running cube refresh job, so I hope it will go back to while condition
else
done
else
-- Admin is running something
sleep 60
REMOVE RESULT FILE (OLD)
GENERATE RESULT FILE
-it should check result file again but I think it will finish loop
done

Answer 1

You can replace goto with a loop. while loop, for example.
Syntax
while <condition>
do
action
done

Answer 2

Check out cron jobs. Delegate, if possible, "waiting for a minute" task to cron. Cron should worry about running your script on a timely fashion.
You may consider writing two scripts instead of one.
Do you really need to create a result file? Do you know piping ? (no offense, just mentioning it because you said you were fairly new to bash)

Answer 3

Hopefully this is self explanatory.
result_file=admin_jobs_result_file.log
function generate {
logmsg sleeping
sleep 60
rm -f "$result_file"
logmsg generating
# use CM to generate result file
}
function owner_is_administrator {
# if line 8 contains "Owner = Administrator", exit success
# else exit failure
sed -n '8 {/Owner = Administrator/ q 0; q 1}' "$result_file"
}
function logmsg { date "+%Y-%m-%d %T -- $*"; }
##############
generate
while owner_is_administrator; do
generate
done
# at this point, line 8 does NOT contain "Owner = Administrator"
logmsg start cube refresh
# use CM to start cube refresh
generate
while owner_is_administrator; do
generate
done
logmsg Done
Looks like AIX's sed can't exit with a specified status. Try this instead:
function owner_is_administrator {
# if line 8 contains "Owner = Administrator", exit success
# else exit failure
awk 'NR == 8 {if (/Owner = Administrator/) {exit 0} else {exit 1}}' "$result_file"
}