On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 09:28:33PM +0100, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > * Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031031 20:50]: > > Is there any other command to print any character say "*" 80 times.. > [..] > > Is there any short command ?? > > for x in seq 1 80 ; do echo -n \* ; done > > Works in bash, don't know in other shells.
For portability, you should use 'printf \*' rather than 'echo -n \*'. I was going to say something along the lines of this: yes \* | head -n 80 | xargs printf %s ... but looking down the thread I see others have beaten me to it. Damn. :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
