for loops
Arthur S. Kamlet
ask at cbnews.att.com
Sat Apr 6 07:57:07 AEST 1991
In article <robtu.670879801 at mexia> robtu at itx.isc.com (Rob Tulloh) writes:
>In the version of ksh running on the RS/6000, the following is possible:
>
>typeset -i FILES=10
>while [ $i -gt 0 ] ; do
> # body of loop
> FILES=FILES-1
>done
>
>The typeset -i forces FILES to be interpreted as an integer and allows
>you to forgo the use of $var and the let syntax.
In fact, my ksh comes with an exported alias for typeset -i
named "integer"
So I can say:
integer FILES=10
--
Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet at att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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