$ seq 1 5
1
2
3
4
5
Generates the sequence of numbers from 1 to 5
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Generating sequence of numbers
08.04.08 | rafacas | 3 Comments
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Very useful to implement traditional ‘for’ loops:
for i in `seq 1 10`;do echo number $1;done
Unbelievable,
OS X tiger (Darwin 8.11.1) DOES NOT include this utility.
What they were thinking about at Cupertino?
sigh… Today I needed it.
Pedro.
Right… I have just checked it on OS X Leopard (Darwin 9.4.0) and it does not include this utility either… I will have to phone Cupertino ;-)