Re: bash question

["Joao Victor A. Di Stasi" <jvictor_rj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

/usr/bin/seq 1 2 10
works fine

Scott@Charter wrote:

> I can't get this bash script to work.  It's suppose to print all odd numbers
> from 1 to 10.
>
> #!/usr/bin/bash
>
> LIMIT=10
> a=1
>
> while [ "$a" -le $LIMIT ]
> do
>  if [ "$a" -eq $(1 3 5 7 9) ]     <---------Something not right here.
>    then
>      echo -n "$a "
>    fi
>
> echo
>
> let "a+=1"
> done
> echo; echo
> exit 0
>
>
> Can anyone figure out what I am doing wrong?  Can I also see the same thing
> written in Perl?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
> Scott D. Smallsreed
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