Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:19:06 -0700 From: "James" <effdefender@earthlink.net> To: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com>, "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times? Message-ID: <001001c2276c$bacddcc0$0301a8c0@sys.gtei.net> References: <Pine.SGI.3.96.1020709115845.295966F-100000@y.dev.wamnet.com> <006801c2276b$f703f1d0$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>
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I'm still new, but: It's probably your shell. The C-Shell (csh) isn't good for programming scripts. Try changing to the Bourne shell (sh) and running it again. Switch to the Bourne shell simply by typing "sh" I was messing with some basic script programs yesterday (though I haven't learned Perl yet), and it would not work (I had similar errors) unless I switched back to the Bourne shell. I think you might be able to program the C-Shell with C like statements, but I'm still learning. Hope this helps! -James Turnbull ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com> To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:13 AM Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times? > Wow! So many options. > > Perl returns: "Badly placed ( " > > My shell is csh > > CSH returns "let: arith: syntax error: 'x=+1'" , yet continues and works. > What's with the error? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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