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Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times?
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:56:06 -0700
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Aha.  A FOR loop?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee J Carmichael" <lcarmich@wamnet.com>
To: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times?


> For ksh:
>
> let x=0
> let stop=607
>
> while [[ $x -le $stop ]]
> do
>   # whatever you'd like
>   echo $x
>   let x=$x+1
> done
>
> I guess you could make 'x' to 'n'... ;)
>
> Take Care,
>
> --------
> Lee Carmichael
> Service Architect - WorkSpace
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> email: lcarmich@wamnet.com
>
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, David Smithson wrote:
>
> > Hello friends.  I want to repeat a command 607 times and stop.  How do I
> > accomplish this besides writing a script that's 607 lines long?
> >
> > --
> > David Smithson - Systems Administrator
> > Custom Film Effects
> >
> >
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