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On 2015-07-05 16:16, Scott Walters [email protected] [sed-users]
wrote:
> A theoretical question.echo abcd | sed 'p;p;p' prints the word "abcd" 4 times.Is there a simpler way to print a word N times ( N=large number) by NOT using the "p" command N-1 times.it has to be simple like we use in a regular for loop.
$ perl -E'say $ARGV[0] for 1..$ARGV[1]' abcd 2
abcd
abcd
$ echo "abcd 2
nxyz 3" |perl -anE'say $F[0] for 1..$F[1]'
abcd
abcd
xyz
xyz
xyz
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Ruud