Help with shell script

[mike h]

sleep 2

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Michael Hornung		foobar at u.washington.edu

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, T. Tam wrote:

|Hi,
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|	I'm writing a script to open my dorm room door (wired it to
|computer control, tee hee).  I need some help. Basically it's a very
|simple process:
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|Motor Turns on:
|Waits 2 seconds;
|Motor turns off.
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|I got the Motor on and Motor off parts, but I don't know how to set a 2
|second delay.  Can someone shred some light on it?
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|For those who are interested, here's my mechanical setup:
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|2 yardsticks are taped to the door handle on the inside, forming a
|mechanical lever extension to give the handle enough torque.  The
|yardstick is horizontal in the lock position, pointing 60 deg down off
|horizontal in the open door position.  An AC computer fan is attached to
|the door, this is wired to an X10 controller under my bed, and a spool is
|attached to the fan's hub to wind a string in to open the door.  A rubber
|band completes the setup by pulling it back to horizontal after the motor
|turns off.
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|Software:
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|Software is done thru the bottlerocket software, available on
|Freshmeat.net
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|<grins>
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|I live in 212 Terry, the setup should be complete by the time regular move
|in starts on Thursday - if anyone want to come take a look see... 8-)
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|-=- Terence
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