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# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# repeat - repeat a command
#
# usage: repeat [-e] N command [arg...]
#
# Evaluate COMMAND ARGs N times. If -e is supplied, use eval
repeat()
{
local _i _count _e
[[ $1 = -e ]] && {
e=1
shift
}
(( $# < 2 )) && {
echo 'repeat: usage: repeat [-e] N command [arg...]' >&2
return 2
}
_count=$1
(( $_count < 1 )) && {
echo "repeat: count must be >= 1" >&2
return 2
}
shift
for ((_i = 1; _i <= $_count; _i++)); do
if [ "$e" ]; then
eval "$@"
else
"$@"
fi
done
}