start ... do ... done ( en )

Last modification : 2013/01/26 19:16
The start is a predefined loop. The syntax is
start listofvalues
do
      command
done
The command is executed for each element of the list of values. Example:
msh> start 1 1 1
    1> do
    1>    date
    1>    sleep 1
    1> done
Thu Mar 19 16:06:26 GMT 2009
Thu Mar 19 16:06:27 GMT 2009
Thu Mar 19 16:06:28 GMT 2009
The list of values can be build with such specific expressions:
1..10 : will be replaced by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1..2..10 : will be replaced by 1 3 5 7 9
*.txt: will be replaced by the list of files that match the pattern *.txt

To access the current value it is necessary to use the for ... do ... done loop.