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# 9  
Old 04-25-2012
Code:
# cat justdoit
echo -n "ENTER DATE "
read value
s=1;last=$value
## if your value contains "i" in the front of your value then --> last=$(echo $value|sed 's/^.//')
value=$(while [ $(( last -= 1 )) -gt -1 ] ; do
awk -vs=$s 'BEGIN{printf "%02d,",s}';((s++));done|awk '{sub(/^/,"\"{");sub(/,$/,"}\"")}1')
echo $value

Code:
# ./justdoit
ENTER DATE 11
"{01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11}"

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ygemici
# 10  
Old 04-25-2012
dear ygemici

the o/p is like this

Code:
-n ENTER DATE
22
new_char[6]: s++: Expression is not complete; more tokens expected.
"{01}"

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Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-25-2012 at 07:06 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 11  
Old 04-25-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by sagar_1986
dear ygemici

the o/p is like this

Code:
-n ENTER DATE
22
new_char[6]: s++: Expression is not complete; more tokens expected.
"{01}"

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Link: How to use [code] tags
what is your o.s platform and shell?

try like this..
Code:
echo -n "ENTER DATE "
read value
s=1;last=$value
## if your value contains "i" in the front of your value then --> last=$(echo $value|sed 's/^.//')
value=$(while [ $(( last -= 1 )) -gt -1 ] ; do
awk -vs=$s 'BEGIN{printf "%02d,",s}';let s=s+1;done|awk '{sub(/^/,"\"{");sub(/,$/,"}\"")}1')
echo "$value"

Last edited by ygemici; 04-25-2012 at 07:47 AM..
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