Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:56:06 -0700 From: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com> To: "Lee J Carmichael" <lcarmich@wamnet.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times? Message-ID: <004201c22769$8468df70$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com> References: <Pine.SGI.3.96.1020709114940.295966D-100000@y.dev.wamnet.com>
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Aha. A FOR loop? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee J Carmichael" <lcarmich@wamnet.com> To: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:52 AM Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times? > For ksh: > > let x=0 > let stop=607 > > while [[ $x -le $stop ]] > do > # whatever you'd like > echo $x > let x=$x+1 > done > > I guess you could make 'x' to 'n'... ;) > > Take Care, > > -------- > Lee Carmichael > Service Architect - WorkSpace > > WAM!NET Inc. > 655 Lone Oak Rd Building A > Eagan, MN 55121 > > ph# 651-256-5292 > email: lcarmich@wamnet.com > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, David Smithson wrote: > > > Hello friends. I want to repeat a command 607 times and stop. How do I > > accomplish this besides writing a script that's 607 lines long? > > > > -- > > David Smithson - Systems Administrator > > Custom Film Effects > > > > > > > > > > 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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