From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:36:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add test case for ls-files --with-head
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710031634300.28395@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <47038669.30302@viscovery.net>

Hi,

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> Carl Worth schrieb:
> > +for num in $(seq -f%04g 1 50); do
> > +	touch sub/file-$num
> > +	echo file-$num >> expected
> > +done
> 
> seq is not universally available. Can we have that as
> 
> for i in 0 1 2 3 4; do
> 	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
> 		> sub/file-$i$j
> 		echo file-$i$j >> expected
> 	done
> done

Or as

	i=1
	while test $i -le 50
	do
		num=$(printf %04d $i)
		> sub/file-$num
		echo file-$num >> expected
		i=$(($i+1))
	done

This version should be as portable, with the benefit that it is easier to 
change for different start and end values.

Ciao,
Dscho