On 12/11/2010 09:34 AM, S Mathias wrote: > but what's the "magic" for this? : > > $ MAGIC; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done > Welcome 0 times > Welcome 1 times > Welcome 4 times > Welcome 5 times > Welcome 8 times > Welcome 9 times > $ > > thanks:\ > > Probably lots of ways to do this here's one: WeirdIncr () { typeset -i j typeset -i z j=$1 z=$(expr $j % 2) if (( z == 0 )) ; then j="j+1" else j="j+3" fi echo $j } typeset -i i let i=0 while (( i < 10 )) do echo "Hi $i" i=$(WeirdIncr $i) done -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines