[clug] Shell glob for a range of numbers?

[Carter, Michael]

hmmm... my guess would be that this would copy sixteen random files in the range
5-21, but not necessarily each one once. You'd probably miss at least one and get one at least twice.

mick


> > [untested code follows]
> > 
> > target=$(( 21 - 5 ))
> > while [ $target != 0 ]
> > do
> >   averybadnameforavariable=$RANDOM
> >   if [ $averybadnameforavariable -lt 22 ]
> >   then
> >     if [ $averybadnameforavariable -lt 4 ]
> >     then
> >       if [ -f argus.log.$averybadnameforavariable.gz ]
> >       then
> >         cp argus.log.$averybadnameforavariable.gz /tmp
> >         target=$(( $target - 1 ))
> >       fi
> >     fi
> >   fi
> > done
> > 
> > Now, I'll leave putting that on one line for an exercise 
> for the reader.
> 
> Oh, and quiz for the reader. What is the critical bug in this code?
> 
> Mikal