From: zavandi <zavandi@gmail.com>
To: "Conway S. Smith" <beolach@comcast.net>, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bash problem
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:36:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <321aa0d2050302013660343499@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42250CA7.6080103@comcast.net>
Conway S. Smith <beolach@comcast.net> wrote:
> [...]
> So, that means either I'm wrong and it's not something to do with the
> for loop being executed in a subshell, or else the bash script sets up
> the subshell's environment so that RANDOM works correctly.
It could very well be about the for loop being executed in a subshell,
but it's also about the particular number 0. If I replace "0" with "1"
(or any other 15-bit int) it works correctly.
> Anyway, good luck with whatever you're doing that needs this.
Actually, I was trying to find the maximum value for $RANDOM. Then I
read the man page and remembered I was never getting the minimum
value.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-01 18:09 bash problem zavandi
2005-03-02 0:45 ` Conway S. Smith
2005-03-02 9:36 ` zavandi [this message]
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