# From psamuels@jake.niar.twsu.edu (Peter Samuelson)# posted to usenet, Message-ID: <6rtp8j$2a0$1@jake.niar.twsu.edu>repeat (){	local i max;     # note that you can use \$i in the command string	max=$1; shift;	i=1; while ((i <= max)); do		eval "$@"; ((i = i + 1));	done;}