On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:30:14 +0200, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > n=1 > while [ $n \< 9 ]; do > echo $n > n=$((n+=1)) > done > > Note the backslash. Plain < is for redirection. Interesting to see that I > never ran into this thing, because I'm used to != from C++ :-) Of course \< is still wrong, should be -lt -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into Sebastian | your ~/.signature to help me spread!