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uname output: Linux jsh-green-netbook 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu
Dec 2 01:41:57 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.1
Patch Level: 5
Release Status: release
Description:
Documentation nit: "list" overloaded in while/until description.
Repeat-By:
Here's the bash(1) man page section for while/until:
while list; do list; done
until list; do list; done
The while command continuously executes the do list as long as the
last command in list
returns an exit status of zero. The until command is identical to
the while command,
except that the test is negated; the do list is executed as long as
the last command in
list returns a non-zero exit status. The exit status of the while and
until commands is
the exit status of the last do list command executed, or zero if none
was executed.
Fix:
If you changed them to something like this:
while listA; do listB; done
until listA; do listB; done
The while command continuously executes listB as long as the last
command in listA
returns an exit status of zero. The until command is identical to
the while command,
except that the test is negated; listB is executed as long as the last
command in
listA returns a non-zero exit status. The exit status of the while
and until commands is
the exit status of the last command executed in listB, or zero if none
was executed.
I think they'd be easier to read.
--
Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.hae...@gmail.com>
720-837-8908 [cell], http://seejeffrun.blogspot.com [blog],
http://www.youtube.com/user/goyishekop [vlog]
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