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# 1  
Old 03-15-2010
"for" and "while" loop problem in "sh"

Hi,
I have a problem with "for" and "while" loop in "sh".
I have:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

  for i in $(seq 1 500000); do
    echo $i
  done

and it's working in sh on my ubuntu, but when I try to run this on unix(I have access to my university's unix) it crash:
Code:
syntax error at line 2: `$' unexpected

... second problem with while
Code:
#!/bin/sh

 i=1;
  while [ $i -le 1000000 ]; do 
  echo $i
  i=$(($i+1)); 
done

It's working on ubuntu but not on unix
Code:
syntax error at line 5: `i=$' unexpected

Could anyone help me ?
Thank you for any suggestion
# 2  
Old 03-15-2010
You are probably running a non-standard shell at school. Schools excel at picking oddball teaching environments.

On the school box show the output of:
Code:
grep  yourusername /etc/passwd

OR it could be a bourne shell. Modern shells would reject those commands as you found out. You can try substituting
` ` (those are backticks ) for the $( ) construct.

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 03-15-2010 at 09:22 PM..
# 3  
Old 03-16-2010
grep yourusername /etc/passwd:
Code:
w29185:x:4496:203:MyName:/export/home/w29185:/bin/bash

I tried:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

  for i in `seq 1 500000`; do
    echo $i
  done

... and
Code:
seq: not found

# 4  
Old 03-16-2010
In the first question you need to write the following script
Code:
 
 #!/bin/sh

  for i in `seq 1 10`;
  do
    echo $i
  done

In the second code is working correctly in my system.
# 5  
Old 03-16-2010
seq is an external program which need to be installed on your system.

Code:
i=$(($i+1))

is a POSIX syntax, if your shell don't support it you can try:

Code:
i=`expr $i + 1`

or:
Code:
let i=i+1

# 6  
Old 03-16-2010
Code:
i=`expr $i + 1`

ok thx is't working

And what aboute for in sh if my shell doesn't support seq and I need ex 1000 repetition
# 7  
Old 03-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Physix
Code:
i=`expr $i + 1`

ok thx is't working

And what aboute for in sh if my shell doesn't support seq and I need ex 1000 repetition
Something like this?
Code:
#!/bin/sh

i=1
while [ $i -le 1000 ]; do 
  echo $i
  let i=i+1
done

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