Re: [Nolug] Lists in bash

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 13:05, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> #!/usr/local/bin/bash
>
> # define list - note parans
> list=(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13)
>
> # cycle through list - note array ref and "@"
> # in the index spot
>
> for i in "${list[@]}"; do
> echo $i
> done
>
> #----end of script

Thanks. However, what if I had an arbitrarily large number that I
wanted in the list.

Are you saying that there's no way to do nummeric sequences?

> --- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This, I know how to do:
> > $ for i in 1 2 3 4 5 ; do echo $i ; done
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> >
> > That's great, and reminds me of python. Is there a syntax for making
> > arbitrarily long numerical lists, without having to enumerate each
> > number?
> >
> > For example, these syntax attempts failed:
> > $ for i in 1-5 ; do echo $i ; done
> > 1-5
> > $ for i in 1..5 ; do echo $i ; done
> > 1..5
> > $ for i in [1-5] ; do echo $i ; done
> > [1-5]
> >

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