On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 02:36:39PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> #!/bin/bash
>
> iter=$1
> while $iter>0 ; do
while [ "$iter" -lt "0" ]; do
while just runs the following program, and acts on the return value...
bash-2.05b$ which [
/usr/bin/[
bash-2.05b$ ls -l /usr/bin/[
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 12 12:15 /usr/bin/[ -> test
from test(1):
SYNOPSIS
test EXPRESSION
[ EXPRESSION ]
> echo "rubbish"
> iter=$iter-1
let iter=$iter-1
or
iter=$(expr $iter - 1)
or
iter=$(($iter-1))
> done
Mike.
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