Unix Tip: GENERATE RANGES OF NUMBERS

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Unix Tip 3153 - September 24, 2009

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GENERATE RANGES OF NUMBERS

Sometimes it is necessary to generate a range of numbers for further use within a command pipe or shell script. This can be done with some simple sh-code:

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#! /bin/sh

# range - Generate of numbers.

lo=$1
hi=$2

while [ $lo -le $hi ]
do
echo -n $lo " "
lo=`expr $lo + 1`
done

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It can now be used a way like:

for i in `range 69 4711`; do <some code>; done

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