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Re: Bug/limitation in 'time'

From: Linda Walsh
Subject: Re: Bug/limitation in 'time'
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:35:51 -0700
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Bruce Dawson wrote:
> Yep, we've changed our loops to use roughly that syntax. Unfortunately a lot
> of online resources recommend the $(expr) technique. My understanding is
> that using $(expr) is more portable, because i-- is bash specific, but I
> don't really know.

but $((i-=1)) isn't Bash specific and does the same thing...
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