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# 1  
Old 01-09-2008
Question shell script to print '*' triangle
plz tell me how to print * triangle

like this

*
**
***
****
*****
# 2  
Old 01-09-2008
Can you dictate coding you have done on it. so that I can better help you out?

Regards,
Raj Kumar Arora
# 3  
Old 01-09-2008
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
j=0;
while [ $j -lt i ]
do
echo "* \c"
j=$(( j + 1 ))
done
echo ""
done
# 4  
Old 01-09-2008
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

str="*"

for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
   echo "$str"
   str="$str *"
done

# 5  
Old 01-09-2008
thanks fpmurphy its working buddySmilie
# 6  
Old 01-09-2008
A curious way:
Code:
>awk 'BEGIN{    while ( i < 5 )
               {
               i++
               $i=OFS="*"
               print
               $i=""
               }
}'
*
**
***
****
*****

Last edited by Klashxx; 01-09-2008 at 12:40 PM..
# 7  
Old 01-09-2008
Hi Klashxx,

What OFS in Print statement does?
I am new to AWK so i didnt have no idea what OFS means?

Thanks,
Raamc
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