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# 1  
Old 05-15-2011
For loop in older version of ksh
When I am trying to use below code of for loop on older version of ksh

it not working,and I just want to use only FOR loop
-----------------
Code:
for i in (1..5)
do
  echo $i
done

-----------------
please suggest.it really stoping me.

FYI: i want to do this only by for loop
Last edited by Franklin52; 05-16-2011 at 03:01 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags and indentation
# 2  
Old 05-16-2011
Try
Code:
for i in `seq 1 5`
do
   echo "$i"
done

# 3  
Old 05-16-2011
If you don't have "seq" and can't use "while":

Code:
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
        echo $i
done

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