On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 15:04, Smitty wrote:
> What would the syntax be if I wanted to repeat a command n times?
> And if after repeating the command n times, follow it by another command?
#!/bin/sh
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 ; do
[ "x$1" != "x" ] && . $1
done
[ "x$2" != "x" ] && . $2
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will execute the command in arg 1, five times, followed by
the command in arg 2 -- if either arg is null, no error
untested, but should work
-- Russ Herrold
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