"Peter Oosterlynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When using a line like "for (( i=1 ; i<=5 ; i+=1 )); do echo $i; > done" in a bash script one expects to get a list of figures ranging > from 1 to 5 right? I've never had problems with such constructs on > my Linux machine but when doing this in a cygwin bash shell, then it > works fine when typed in at the command line but fails with a syntax > error "Bad for loop variable" when executed in a script. > > Where did I go wrong? Ideas anybody?
This works for me on all bash environments. Keep strong the syntax. Harald --- for example --- #! /bin/bash for (( i=1; $i < 10; i=$i+1)); do echo $i done ------------------- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
