[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-03 18:15:06 +0200]: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:05:45PM -0600, Michael Heironimus wrote: > > alpha="a b c d e .... z" > > for x in $alpha ; do > > echo $x > > done > > > > I think this should work in any Bourne-style shell.... > > Doesn't work for me in bash: > > $ for x in "a b c d e .... z"; do printf "$x "; done; printf "\n" > a b c d e .... z > $
I believe they were using ... as a euphemism to say fill in the entire sequence literally. > As for the original poster, an ugly solution might be with seq and tr: > > $ for x in $(seq 1 5); do export y=$(printf "$x" | tr 1-5 a-e); printf > "$y "; done; printf "\n" > a b c d e Very cute! I like it. Bob
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