On Mon, Sep 22, 2025, at 10:03 AM, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 9/20/25 11:20 AM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: >>> And, if I were doing this, I'd get rid of "seq" completely (*) and just >>> code the loop in "repeat" as: >>> >>> for ((i=1; i<=count; i++)); do >>> >>> (*) Thereby eliminating the "shadowing" issue. >> >> This was my first thought as well. I doubt bash 1.x compatibility >> is really a concern anymore. > > Well, how about we just remove them from the Bash_aliases file and provide > a modern version of `repeat' in the examples/functions subdirectory.
That sounds very sensible to me. -- vq
