Re: Auto repeat of a command

From: Alexis Huxley (alexis_at_dione.no-ip.org)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:46:34 +0200

> example: rep ls 15
>
> My script works for simple commands like: ls or bdf. But when I enter
> more complex commands (~ie. ps -ef | grep master) it picks up the
> command until the first space.

Supply the argument of fixed "word width" first; i.e. the
repetition count which is always one word long:

        rep 15 ls

Then 'shift' off this one word with something like:

        COUNT=$1
        shift

And the what you want will be left in "$@" (with the quotes):

        CMD="$@" 

-- 
Alexis
http://dione.no-ip.org/~alexis/

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