Simple loop
 

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this script? It just won't run .. by the way, i'm running it from a mac terminal. thanks

#!/bin/bash

read -p “How many times? “ N
for ((i=0;i<N;i++)); do
echo “Hello World!”
done

The editor you used on the Mac helpfully replaced the double-quotes with smart-quotes. You have to turn that feature off, or use a plain text editor.

Hi,
That doesn't tell us much...

- Do you get error messages?
- Doesn't it loop?
- Doesn't it ask the "How many times?" question?
- .... ?

Details, please!

-bash: helloworld.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
done'(i=echo ?Hello World!?N: `

How do i turn the feature off? I'm using TextEdit

Go to the TextEdit Preferences menu and uncheck the box for “Smart Quotes”.

You'll then need to retype the quotes.

Hi,

I don't know what your default settings are, but maybe this will also help: Plain text editor for Mac OS X

It's working now, thanks!!

You're welcome :)

BTW: Can you put up the [SOLVED] tag.
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