On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 01:36:36AM +0200, Markus Falb wrote: > > this works but at least with bash you can do it with brace expansion > for x in {1..10}; do … ; done > > it's a bashism but maybe more portable, e.g. OS-X has no seq > no fork (for the seq) is necessary as well True. Thing I like about seq is that it also takes an optional increment value which can be very handy at times. John -- Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in. -- Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975), American baseball player and manager, BBC "The Myths of Sex Before Sport" (Jennifer Quinn), 12 August, 2004 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130502/73bb3bd1/attachment-0005.sig>