This is probably dead easy, but is there a simple way to write a command once in the console, and have it executed n
times, where n
is specified at runtime? Something like this:
repeat 100 echo hello
Does such command exist (assume typical Linux installation)?
Or would I write to do some kind of loop in bash?
Best Answer
Yes this is possible. Bash has a very extensive scripting language. In this case:
More looping examples: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-for-loop/
Full bash reference: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html