[arch-general] OT: dash - looping through alphabet

[Roman Neuhauser]

# ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com / 2014-07-05 22:44:20 +0200:
> Hi!
> 
> Sorry, it's OT for this list, but I didn't find an answer in the
> Internet.
> 
> What's the syntax for a loop from "a" to "z" in dash?

for c in $(printf "%b\n" $(printf "\\\0%o\n" $(seq 97 122))); do
  ...
done

for some reason, while dash(1) claims %c in printf(1) behaves just like
in C, `printf "%c" 97` gives "9" (`printf("%c", 97)` in C gives "a").
this behavior is consistent across bash, dash, pdksh, posh, tcsh, zsh.

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roman