1# From psamuels@jake.niar.twsu.edu (Peter Samuelson)
2# posted to usenet, Message-ID: <6rtp8j$2a0$1@jake.niar.twsu.edu>
3
4repeat ()
5{
6 local i max; # note that you can use \$i in the command string
7 max=$1; shift;
8
9 i=1; while ((i <= max)); do
10 eval "$@"; ((i = i + 1));
11 done;
12}
13