Editing Sleep (section)

=== BASH example: download file and sleep random seconds between 1 ~ 7 seconds ===

The following script checks if a specific file exists in a defined path. If the file doesn't exist, it downloads the file from a provided URL and then pauses for a random duration between 1 and 7 seconds. If the file already exists, it simply prints a message stating that the file was found and the download was skipped.

<pre>
if [ ! -f /path/to/paper.pdf ]
then
    curl "https://website/to/pdf" -L -o /path/to/paper.pdf
    sleep $((1 + RANDOM % 7))
else
    echo "File found. Download skipped."
fi
</pre>

The same command can be written on one line:
<pre>
if [ ! -f /path/to/paper.pdf ]; then curl "https://website/to/pdf" -L -o /path/to/paper.pdf; sleep $((1 + RANDOM % 7)); else echo "File found. Download skipped."; fi
</pre>

References

* [https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-check-if-file-does-not-exist-linux-unix/ How to check if file does not exist in Bash - nixCraft]