#!/bin/bash SATZ_LISTE=/krebs/evan/satz-liste p="${noise_pitch-10}" v="${noise_lang-de}" k="${noise_capital-0}" a="${noise_amplitude-600}" g="${noise_gap-1}" RND_DELAY=3600 #set -x function helpme () { cat << EOF $0 [-d] -d -- daemonize -h -- this help file EOF exit 0 } [ "${1:-}" = "-h" ] && helpme while true do espeak -v $v -p $p -k $k -a $a -g $g "`shuf \"$SATZ_LISTE\" | tail -1`" [ ! "${1:-}" = "-d" ] && exit 0 # break if not daemonized sleep $((${RANDOM}%${RND_DELAY})) done