On 15 October 2009 c. 07:33:36 patrick keshishian wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:11 PM, igor denisov
>
> <denisovigor1...@rambler.ru> wrote:
> > Hi there
> >
> > my version of ksh:
> >
> > $what /bin/ksh
> >
> > /bin/ksh
> > Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
> > $OpenBSD: mknod.c,v 1.1 2005/10/06 06:39:36 otto Exp $
> > PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2
> >
> > I cannot figure out what is wrong with the following code
> >
> > #! /bin/ksh
> > for (( i=9; i>0; i-- ))
> > do echo "$i"
> > done
> >
> > output:
> > syntax error: '((' unexpected.
> > why?
>
> try:
>
> #!/bin/ksh
>
> i=9
> while [ $i -gt 0 ] ; do
> echo $i
> i=$((i-1))
> done
Or:
for i in `jot 10 9 0 -1`; do
echo $i
done
--
Best wishes,
Vadim Zhukov
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