perl; use strict; use Time::HiRes qw(sleep); my $search_count= $ENV{'SEARCH_COUNT'} or die "SEARCH_COUNT not set"; my $search_file= $ENV{'SEARCH_FILE'} or die "SEARCH_FILE not set"; my $wait_counter= 100; # 10 seconds while (1) { my $cnt= 0; open(FILE, $search_file) or die("Unable to open '$search_file': $!\n"); $cnt++ while (); close(FILE); last if ($cnt == $search_count); $wait_counter-- or die "Timeout waiting for $search_count lines in $search_file\n"; sleep(0.1); } EOF