#!/bin/bash for i in `seq 1 $1`; do echo "[`date`] Skipping track $i" DISPLAY=:0 dcop amarok player next done (tdn@homer.) (Fri Mar 09 06:59 ) {P:0 H:1475} (~) time bin/amarok-next-tracks.sh 10 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:30 CET 2007] Skipping track 1 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:31 CET 2007] Skipping track 2 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:34 CET 2007] Skipping track 3 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:35 CET 2007] Skipping track 4 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:37 CET 2007] Skipping track 5 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:40 CET 2007] Skipping track 6 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:42 CET 2007] Skipping track 7 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:44 CET 2007] Skipping track 8 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:46 CET 2007] Skipping track 9 [Fri Mar 9 18:59:47 CET 2007] Skipping track 10 real 0m18.494s user 0m0.448s sys 0m0.116s (tdn@homer.) (Fri Mar 09 06:59 ) {P:0 H:1476} (~)