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From: pfinkel@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (paul.d.finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: for loops
Keywords: sh: for i to $FILES
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.191145.19402@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 19:11:45 GMT
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In article <1991Apr9.185256.18650@cbfsb.att.com> pfinkel@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (paul.d.finkel) 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?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>		--eric
>Sure!
>
>	count=0
>	while $count -lt $files
>		do
>		:
>		count=`expr $count + 1`
>		done
>I think this will do it!

Escuse mio, per favor. You need brackets around your test statetment:

	while [ $count -lt $files ]
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