Quoting Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Since bash is the default shell in Debian you should be able to open up > an xterm and type: > for x in `seq 80`; do echo -n \*; done; echo Yeah, I sure have a bash and it does work. > Basically this is the bash (or sh) for loop. > > for variable in list; do list of tasks; done > > it takes the list of variables and then runs the list of tasks > substituting into the variable each time. > > For example: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ for x in 1 2 3; do echo $x; done > 1 > 2 > 3 > > The command "seq n" generates a list of numbers from 1 to n. Enclosing > it in parenthese makes the shell substitute it in the command line. Thank to the Vineet Kumar's previous post, I found a more C/C++ friendly use of for :"for ((i=0;i<80;i++)); do echo -n '*'; done ; echo". Anyway, thanks a lot, I always enjoy to learn things about GNU tools, it's so powerfull. I really like it. I must also say that I a bit suprised. I joined the ml yesterday and didn't exepect messages as interessant as they are. You all guys are doing pretty good. Wish you the best.
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