examples/functions/repeat3

   1 # From psamuels@jake.niar.twsu.edu (Peter Samuelson)
   2 # posted to usenet, Message-ID: <6rtp8j$2a0$1@jake.niar.twsu.edu>
   3
   4 repeat ()
   5 {
   6         local i max;     # note that you can use \$i in the command string
   7         max=$1; shift;
   8
   9         i=1; while ((i <= max)); do
  10                 eval "$@"; ((i = i + 1));
  11         done;
  12 }