Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:04:49 +0200 From: F.Xavier Noria <fxn@retemail.es> To: "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I repeat a command N times? Message-ID: <20020709200449.3fcf1ba7.fxn@retemail.es> In-Reply-To: <003101c22768$80ddb250$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com> References: <003101c22768$80ddb250$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>
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On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:48:51 -0700 "David Smithson" <david@customfilmeffects.com> 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? With a Perl one-liner: $ perl -e '$n = 607; system "cmd" while $n--' -- fxn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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