Re: [Nolug] Lists in bash

Ron and Andrew,
Thanks. I didn't know about seq. It came in handy today. That's what I
love about Unix -- learn something new every day.
Craig

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 21:41, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 21:38, Andrew S. Johnson wrote:
> > Try this:
> >
> > $ seq --help
>
> Now *that* is the way to do it... And a heck of a lot more versatile
> and light weight than perl.
>
> > Usage: seq [OPTION]... LAST
> > or: seq [OPTION]... FIRST LAST
> > or: seq [OPTION]... FIRST INCREMENT LAST
> > Print numbers from FIRST to LAST, in steps of INCREMENT.
> >
> > -f, --format FORMAT use printf(3) style FORMAT (default: %g)
> > -s, --separator STRING use STRING to separate numbers (default: \n)
> > -w, --equal-width equalize width by padding with leading zeroes
> > --help display this help and exit
> > --version output version information and exit
> >
> > If FIRST or INCREMENT is omitted, it defaults to 1.
> > FIRST, INCREMENT, and LAST are interpreted as floating point values.
> > INCREMENT should be positive if FIRST is smaller than LAST, and negative
> > otherwise. When given, the FORMAT argument must contain exactly one of
> > the printf-style, floating point output formats %e, %f, or %g.
> >
> > Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.
> > $ seq 1 10
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> > 6
> > 7
> > 8
> > 9
> > 10
> >
> > Not bash native, but it's still pretty easy.
> >
> > Andy Johnson
> >
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