cycle

Repeat a file or stream forever.

... | cycle | ...

Description

cycle copies standard input to standard output, repeating forever. The input is buffered to a temporary file if it does not support seeking.

Examples

Repeat a stream:

$ echo test | cycle
test
test
...
^C

Repeat a file:

$ cycle <foo.txt

Repeat multiple files:

$ cat foo.txt bar.txt | cycle

Running

Should work with any Unix, including Linux and macOS.

Mac users can install from my Homebrew tap

brew install sjmulder/tap/cycle

To compile, install and uninstall from source:

make
make install   [DESTDIR=] [PREFIX=/usr/local] [MANPREFIX=PREFIX/man]
make uninstall [DESTDIR=] [PREFIX=/usr/local] [MANPREFIX=PREFIX/man]

Author

Sijmen J. Mulder (ik@sjmulder.nl)