padraig brady padraigbradycorvilcom niall broin wrote mon aug 19 2002 102757am 0100 padraig brady wrote well heres solution using seq sed imho rather dim solution definitely dies string contains probably ways die bash loop would certainly faster know loops prefixseq numbersed sstringgoa clever bit robust first param number times repeat second param eg quoterepeat 3 repeat seq 1 sed s0912g crap colution anyway would want make robust give credit nice solution 2 lightweight processes thing coded shell loops wouldnt nearly elegant scalable boot pdraig irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie mon 19 aug 2002 140143 0100 ilug expanding string multiple times