[ale] sequencing the alphabet

[Warren Myers]

use the ascii values?

what language?

WMM

On 5/8/07, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
>
> Every now and then I need to do a for loop and iterate through the
> alphabet.  If I was iterating through numbers I could use seq to output
> a sequence like this:
>
> for i in `seq 0 9`; do ....
>
> What I need to do is something like this:
>
> for i in `a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z`; do .....
>
> Any idea on how to keep from typing a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r
> s t u v w x y z every time?
>
> Tia,
>
> -Jim P.
>
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