Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:22:02 -0800 From: Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd@gmail.com> To: Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> Cc: S Mathias <smathias1972@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 340, Issue 15 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=DwZKv9ZnkzLGL_bJn4LUjkxxoZ81akTRc0A%2BJ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <709178.44988.qm@web110304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <20101212120029.9002610657DF@hub.freebsd.org> <709178.44988.qm@web110304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> > It's ok, that i can use this, when i want an incrementing
> > sequence, in a given way:
> >
> > # {START..END..INCREMENT}
> > $ for i in {0..10..2}; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
> > Welcome 0 times
> > Welcome 2 times
> > Welcome 4 times
> > Welcome 6 times
> > Welcome 8 times
> > Welcome 10 times
> > $
> >
> > but what's the "magic" for this? :
> >
> > $ MAGIC; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
> > Welcome 0 times
> > Welcome 1 times
> > Welcome 4 times
> > Welcome 5 times
> > Welcome 8 times
> > Welcome 9 times
> > $
>
> What's wrong with
>
> for i in 0 1 4 5 8 9 ; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
>
> ?
>
> Or is there some rule that you want followed? If there is, it's not
> obvious to me. (Sorry.)
>
> Mark Terribile
>
>
> +1, +3, +1, +3....
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