On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote: > >> Is it _really_ that hard to type the explicit loop with test ([) and >> expr? These were builtins even in bourne shell eons ago. > > Here is the simplest possible solution, and exactly what I think the OP was > looking for: > > http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles/repeat/ > Yes, if you think that downloading/installing/maintaining yet another specialized program on every device that might need it is simpler than typing a couple of lines re-using knowledge that's been good for 20+ years. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com