On 1/2/11 4:27 PM, S Mathias wrote: > $ ASDF=hello; a=0; a=$(( 70 - $(echo $ASDF | awk '{print length}') )); echo > "$a $ASDF"$(for i in {1..$a}; do printf "."; done) > 65 hello. > $ > > > Why doesn't it print: > 65 hello................................................................. > > > > What am i missing? >
Order of operations. Brace expansion happens before variable substitution (echo $i to see the actual value you are getting). -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos