for loops

[Arthur S. Kamlet]

In article <robtu.670879801 at mexia> robtu at itx.isc.com (Rob Tulloh) writes:
>In the version of ksh running on the RS/6000, the following is possible:
>
>typeset -i FILES=10
>while [ $i -gt 0 ] ; do
>	# body of loop
>	FILES=FILES-1
>done
>
>The typeset -i forces FILES to be interpreted as an integer and allows
>you to forgo the use of $var and the let syntax.

In fact,  my ksh  comes with an exported alias for typeset -i
named "integer"

So I can say:

 integer FILES=10
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Art Kamlet  a_s_kamlet at att.com  AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus