#initalize varibles
i=1000 #varible used in the macro
int=true #boolean used to store weather $u is an intiger or not
u=0 #stores user input
#obtain and test user input to see if it is an intiger
read -p "Cycles to process? " -t 10 u
re='^[0-9]+$'
if ! [[ $u =~ $re ]] ; then
    echo "error: Not an intiger"  >&2; int=false
fi

#decide weather to use user input
if ! [ $int = true ]
    then
        i=$u
    else
        echo "Defaulting to $i."
        sleep 3
fi

#debug breakpoint
echo $int
echo $i
echo $u
exit
#execute macro
while [ $i -gt 0 ]
do
    xdotool click 1
    sleep .3s
    clear
    echo "Remaining Cycles"
    echo $i
    let i=$i-1
done
exit 0