On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 06:34:25AM -0800, S Mathias wrote: > # {START..END..INCREMENT} > $ for i in {0..10..2}; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done > 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 You might just have to hard-code the sequence: for i in 0 1 4 5 8 9; do .... -- rgds Stephen