On Tuesday July 22 2008 09:04, you wrote: >> for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do >> ftp http://openbsd.org/faq/faq0${i}.html >> done >> for i in 10 11 12 13 14 15; do >> ftp http://openbsd.org/faq/faq${i}.html >> done > >Wouldn't it be simpler to be done in one loop? > >for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15; do > ftp http://openbsd.org/faq/faq${i}.html >done >ftp http://openbsd.org/faq/index.html
Note that the 2 loops are not the same. You'd need: for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15; do ftp http://openbsd.org/faq/faq`printf %02d $i`.html done The number list could be collapsed into `seq 1 15` on a system with seq installed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA