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# 8  
Old 04-15-2009
I want it to display the numbers while it counts
# 9  
Old 04-15-2009
Let me make myself more clear.
i want it to pop up one number at a time
then erase that number and go to the next
# 10  
Old 04-15-2009
you mean like this??
Code:
while test $count -lt 10 ;do
clear
echo $count
sleep 1
count=$((count+1))
done

# 11  
Old 04-16-2009
count=$((count+1)) ==> will anyone explain how it works as we are not using $count inside expression...
# 12  
Old 04-17-2009
like a slideshow of numbers 1-10
 
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