bash increment in a given way

[Neil Cherry]

On 12/11/2010 09:34 AM, S Mathias wrote:
> It's ok, that i can use this, when i want an incrementing sequence, in a given way:
> 
> # {START..END..INCREMENT}
> $ for i in {0..10..2}; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
> Welcome 0 times
> Welcome 2 times
> Welcome 4 times
> Welcome 6 times
> Welcome 8 times
> Welcome 10 times
> $
> 
> but what's the "magic" for this? :
> 
> $ MAGIC; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
> Welcome 0 times
> Welcome 1 times
> Welcome 4 times
> Welcome 5 times
> Welcome 8 times
> Welcome 9 times
> $
> 
> thanks:\
> 
> 
Take a look at the command seq (man seq):

SYNOPSIS
       seq [OPTION]... LAST
       seq [OPTION]... FIRST LAST
       seq [OPTION]... FIRST INCREMENT LAST

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