On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:34 AM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > It's ok, that i can use this, when i want an incrementing sequence, in a given way: > > # {START..END..INCREMENT} > $ for i in {0..10..2}; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done > Welcome 0 times > Welcome 2 times > Welcome 4 times > Welcome 6 times > Welcome 8 times > Welcome 10 times > $ > The old-school bourne compatible way is: START=0 END=10 i=$START while [ "$i" -le "$END" ] do echo "Welcome $i times" i=`expr $i + 1` done But for a small number of iterations I'd just use for with a list. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com