Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 01:03:51 -0700 From: "Alastair D'Silva" <deece@newmillennium.net.au> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Interesting ways to print 3000 spaces... Message-ID: <001d01bef2be$377560e0$6b6d08cb@omen.com.au> References: <199908291459.QAA09297@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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For a low-tech solution . . . how about setting your screen width to 100 chars and holding space down till 30 lines have passed? *g* __ __ _____ Alastair D'Silva / \ / \ / ____) Networking Consultant deece@newmillennium.net.au ____/ /\ \/ /\ \/ / New Millennium Networking 0413 485 733 (_____/ \__/ \__/ http://www.newmillennium.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, 29 August 1999 7:59 Subject: Re: Interesting ways to print 3000 spaces... > Kai Voigt wrote in list.freebsd-stable: > > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > > > > When using zsh, it can be done without exec'ing anything > > > (only using shell-builtins): > > > > > > for f in {1..3000}; do echo -n " "; done > > > > % repeat 3000 echo -n " " > > Good point. There's an even shorter solution in zsh, which > doesn't require 3000 calls to the echo function: > > echo -n ${(l:3000:)x+} > > Your turn. :) > > Regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18/61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany > (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) > > "In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt" > (Terry Pratchett) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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