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From: smazu@ameris.UUCP (Steven P. Mazurek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: for loops
Summary: Have you looked into expr(1)?
Keywords: sh: for i to $FILES
Message-ID: <949@ameris.UUCP>
Date: 3 Apr 91 19:35:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: ameris.949
References: <3693@ux.acs.umn.edu>
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In article <3693@ux.acs.umn.edu>, edh@ux.acs.umn.edu (Merlinus Ambrosius) writes:
> .....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?
> 

You don't mention the type of shell your using, but for
Bourne investigate the command expr(1).

	while [ $FILES -ne 0 ]		# use strings if its more comfortable
	do  .... things ....
	    FILES=`expr $FILES - 1`
	done



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