Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any other command to print any character say "*" 80 times.. > > like echo "******************************" > (In bsh or ksh) > > Is there any short command ??
Depending on what you're actually trying to do; Perl is the big hammer you can throw at anything, of course. perl -e 'print "*" x 80 . "\n"' If you're just writing a script, I'd just hard-code the separator (or maybe do without entirely). -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]