On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 14:27 -0800, S Mathias wrote: > $ ASDF=hello; a=0; a=$(( 70 - $(echo $ASDF | awk '{print length}') )); echo "$a $ASDF"$(for i in {1..$a}; do printf "."; done) > 65 hello. > $ > Why doesn't it print: > 65 hello................................................................. You wrote: for i in {1..$a} I think you mean: for ((i=1;i<$a;i++)) Cheers. ---------------------------------------------- Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo - nospaze@xxxxxxxxx otbits.blogspot.com / counter.li.org: #367962 ---------------------------------------------- "Früher oder später emulieren wir euch." - linux.de -- 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