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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: for loops
Keywords: sh: for i to $FILES
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Date: 5 Apr 91 04:14:59 GMT
References: <3693@ux.acs.umn.edu> <2816@maestro.htsa.aha.nl>
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In article <2816@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> miquels@maestro.htsa.aha.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) writes:
}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?
}
}POSIX states that sh(1) should be able to evaluate expressions, 
}while [ $FILES != 0 ]
}do
}	echo -n '* '
}	FILES=$[$FILES - 1]
}done
}
No, but the new bash (version 1.07) can! ;-)
}
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