#!/bin/bash

# print each command-line argument to file loopy.txt,
#     except loop 30,000 times between printing each argument,
#     to hopefully help show how tail -f can be used to
#     monitor a changing file...
# by: Sharon Tuttle
# last modified: 10-27-12

for arg in "$@"
do
    for (( j=0; j<30000; j++ ))
    do
        echo "moo" > /dev/null
    done

    echo $arg >> loopy.txt
done