Comments on: Shell Scripting: Generate or Print Range of Numbers ( Sequence of Numbers for Loop ) http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paviumhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-177577 pavium Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:07:43 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-177577 I continue to use the 'outdated' seq command because of an option you didn't mention: The -w option gives a sequence of numbers with equal width, by adding leading zeros if necessary. I continue to use the ‘outdated’ seq command because of an option you didn’t mention:

The -w option gives a sequence of numbers with equal width, by adding leading zeros if necessary.

]]> By: Ramachandrahttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-175263 Ramachandra Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:13:07 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-175263 saikumar did you got shell script for your query saikumar did you got shell script for your query

]]> By: Ramachandrahttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-175262 Ramachandra Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:11:50 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-175262 above question shell script what u need output ========= #!/bin/sh for ((i=5; i>=1; i-- )) do for ((j=1; j<=i; j++ )) do echo -n "$i" done echo "" done ============== output 55555 4444 333 22 1 above question shell script what u need output
=========
#!/bin/sh
for ((i=5; i>=1; i– ))
do
for ((j=1; j<=i; j++ ))
do
echo -n "$i"
done
echo ""
done
==============
output
55555
4444
333
22
1

]]> By: saikumarhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-174776 saikumar Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:37:55 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-174776 how to print numbers side by side i.e i got the output as 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 but i neeed the output as 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 how to do ths in shell scripting how to print numbers side by side

i.e
i got the output as
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
1
2
1
but i neeed the output as
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4
1 2 3
1 2
1
how to do ths in shell scripting

]]> By: Philhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-150638 Phil Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:53:34 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-150638 This <code> #!/bin/bash for ((a=1; a <= 5 ; a++)) do echo "Welcome $i times" done </code> should be <code> #!/bin/bash for ((a=1; a <= 5 ; a++)) do echo "Welcome $a times" done </code> This

#!/bin/bash
for ((a=1; a <= 5 ; a++))
do
echo "Welcome $i times"
done

should be

#!/bin/bash
for ((a=1; a <= 5 ; a++))
do
echo "Welcome $a times"
done

]]> By: Tomas Hajnyhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-150066 Tomas Hajny Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:54:25 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-150066 If you have many (I mean _many_) files in that directory, asterisk expansion may break limits of the command line length; in that case, simple listing combined with head would probably do better: ls | head -n 100 | lp -d printer-name If you have many (I mean _many_) files in that directory, asterisk expansion may break limits of the command line length; in that case, simple listing combined with head would probably do better:

ls | head -n 100 | lp -d printer-name

]]> By: dennishttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-148112 dennis Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:55:03 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-148112 If you're only printing 100 out of 10,000 files, you'll be stuck in that loop for a while unless you break out of it: cnt=0; for i in *; do if [ $cnt -ge 100 ]; then break; else lp -d printer-name $i; fi; let cnt=cnt+1;done If you’re only printing 100 out of 10,000 files, you’ll be stuck in that loop for a while unless you break out of it:

cnt=0; for i in *; do if [ $cnt -ge 100 ]; then break; else lp -d printer-name $i; fi; let cnt=cnt+1;done

]]> By: mickRackyhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-147920 mickRacky Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:11:57 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-147920 printing the FIRST 100 files: cnt=0; for i in *; do if [ $cnt -lt 100 ]; then lp -d printer-name $i; fi; let cnt=cnt+1;done printing the FIRST 100 files:

cnt=0; for i in *; do if [ $cnt -lt 100 ]; then lp -d printer-name $i; fi; let cnt=cnt+1;done

]]> By: nixcrafthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-20519 nixcraft Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:40:38 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-20519 <code>cd /path/to/directory for f in * do lp -d printer-name $f done</code> Or simple: <code>cd /path/to/dir lp -d printer-name *.txt </code> cd /path/to/directory
for f in *
do
lp -d printer-name $f
done

Or simple:
cd /path/to/dir
lp -d printer-name *.txt

]]> By: seshadri sethihttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-20507 seshadri sethi Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:07:49 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-20507 i want to know , how to print 100 files using shell script i want to know , how to print 100 files using shell script

]]> By: nixcrafthttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-11630 nixcraft Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:08:54 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-11630 Tariq Good to know that you are upto date with BASH information. I don't have bash 3 installed here but I am sure it will work out. Appreciate your post. Tariq

Good to know that you are upto date with BASH information. I don’t have bash 3 installed here but I am sure it will work out.

Appreciate your post.

]]> By: Tariq Rashidhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-11531 Tariq Rashid Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:27:48 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-generating-print-range-sequence-of-numbers.html#comment-11531 bash3 makes it easier and more portable... bash-3.00$ for i in {5..10}; do echo $i; done bash3 makes it easier and more portable…

bash-3.00$ for i in {5..10}; do echo $i; done

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