Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!ux.acs.umn.edu From: edh@ux.acs.umn.edu (Merlinus Ambrosius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: for loops Keywords: sh: for i to $FILES Message-ID: <3693@ux.acs.umn.edu> Date: 2 Apr 91 23:14:21 GMT Article-I.D.: ux.3693 Sender: edh@ux.acs.umn.edu Organization: (n) The process of becoming an organ. Lines: 6 In sh, I'd like to do something like a BASIC for loop. Say I have $FILES set to some number, and I'd like to go through a loop $FILES times. Can this be done in sh? Thanks! --eric