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Re: print command



* Vivek Kumar (vivek@gorave.net) [031031 11:50]:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any other command to print any character say "*" 80 times..
> 
> like echo "******************************"
> (In bsh  or ksh)

how about this (bash):

for ((i=0;i<80;i++)); do echo -n '*'; done ; echo

I don't know about bsh or ksh, though; I'd have to look through the man
page to see if they have for loops something like this.

good times,
Vineet
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