On 2007-05-16, Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This was the only way I could figure out to loop from A to H. But >> since it works on hex escape codes, it won't work past 9. Is there a >> cleaner, more general way to do this? > > I think there is: > > #!/bin/bash > > ( cat <<! > A aest_90 > B bush_90 > C carol_90 > D comp_90 > E hirs_90 > F roan_90 > G swan_90 > H vir_90 > ! > ) | while read letter name > do > printf '%s\n%s\n%s.ps\n\n' "$letter" "$name" "$name" > done > > Hope this helps >
Very much! That's perfect. Cheers, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
