#!/bin/bash #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Example 2 for Bash Tips show 20: simple use of positional parameters #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # This script needs 2 arguments # if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then echo "Usage: $0 word count" exit 1 fi word=$1 count=$2 # # Repeat the 'word' 'count' times on the same line # for (( i = 1; i <= count; i++ )); do echo -n "$word" done echo exit