On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:23 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> True. Thing I like about seq is that it also takes an optional >>> increment value which can be very handy at times. >> >> Is it _really_ that hard to type the explicit loop with test ([) and >> expr? These were builtins even in bourne shell eons ago. > > It is not hard. I *tested* what I posted yesterday, and copied and pasted > it into my email. Sure it worked on the box where you tested it, but I think your version was at least bash-specific and something you'd need to know which version runs where if you use bourne shells anywhere. I'm not good at tracking that stuff, so I like backwards and cross-platform compatibility. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com