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Subject: Re: for loops
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Date: 4 Apr 91 04:36:20 GMT
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In article <3693@ux.acs.umn.edu>, edh@ux.acs.umn.edu (Merlinus Ambrosius) writes...
>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

How about either

while [ $FILES -gt 0 ]
do
    # body
    FILES=`expr $FILES - 1`
done

or

i=0
while [ $i -lt $FILES ]
do
    # body
    i=`expr $i + 1`
done

Chris