[SOLVED] shell: give a range argument to 'for'

zedmelon · 02-20-2010, 01:30 PM

Feel free to just link to another thread where this is (pre)solved; I can't search the forum for the word "for," because it's too short (or maybe the search engine dislikes prepositions).

Is there a way to give the 'for' command a range? Here's what I mean:

Code:

#for i in (1-5); do echo $i; done
 Certainly, meat space user; I understand exactly what you're thinking.
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True, I realize I could use

Code:

COUNT=1 ; while [ $COUNT -lt 6 ]...

...but if I can avoid the extra preparatory step I'd prefer to do so.

Any ideas?

zedmelon · 02-20-2010, 01:32 PM

Short answer:

Code:

man seq

full solution:

Code:

for i in `seq 1 5`; do echo $i; done

Found the solution in this thread about moving a range of file with Bash.

I see some threads marked as [SOLVED]; how can I do that? I don't see it in the control panel.

crts · 02-20-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by zedmelon

I see some threads marked as [SOLVED]; how can I do that? I don't see it in the control panel.

Click on thread tools. It's in that menu.