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Old 11-11-2010
You've got a pretty bizzare configuration of BASH to not support the {1..5} syntax. Are you sure you're not using something else? Or maybe it's really, really old.
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Old 11-11-2010
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-unknown-freebsd5.3)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# 10  
Old 11-11-2010
Code:
touch file{0..9}{0..9}{0..9}{0..9}

Code:
GNU bash, version 4.1.7(2)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd7.3)
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

Last edited by danmero; 11-11-2010 at 02:54 PM.. Reason: Add bash version
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Old 11-11-2010
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Originally Posted by MrEddy
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-unknown-freebsd5.3)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
That's quite old. I think the syntax Corona mentioned was introduced with Version 3.
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