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From: ask@cbnews.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
Subject: Re: for loops
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 91 21:57:07 GMT
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Keywords: sh: for i to $FILES
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In article <robtu.670879801@mexia> robtu@itx.isc.com (Rob Tulloh) writes:
>In the version of ksh running on the RS/6000, the following is possible:
>
>typeset -i FILES=10
>while [ $i -gt 0 ] ; do
>	# body of loop
>	FILES=FILES-1
>done
>
>The typeset -i forces FILES to be interpreted as an integer and allows
>you to forgo the use of $var and the let syntax.

In fact,  my ksh  comes with an exported alias for typeset -i
named "integer"

So I can say:

 integer FILES=10
-- 
Art Kamlet  a_s_kamlet@att.com  AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus