[CentOS] repeat command

[Markus Falb]

On 03.Mai.2013, at 01:45, John R. Dennison wrote:

> 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.

$ echo {1..10..2}
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Markus