[bash] Replace seq with {1..3}, explain backticks

`seq` is not standard, it's not available in MINGW and others.
Using backticks is not the recommended way - e.g. they can't be nested.
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jakub-g 2013-12-09 13:17:20 +01:00
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@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ python2 hello.py 2> "error.err"
# current directory.
echo "There are $(ls | wc -l) items here."
# The same can be done using backticks `` but they can't be nested - the preferred way
# is to use $( ).
echo "There are `ls | wc -l` items here."
# Bash uses a case statement that works similarly to switch in Java and C++:
case "$VARIABLE" in
#List patterns for the conditions you want to meet
@ -109,8 +113,7 @@ esac
# For loops iterate for as many arguments given:
# The contents of var $VARIABLE is printed three times.
# Note that ` ` is equivalent to $( ) and that seq returns a sequence of size 3.
for VARIABLE in `seq 3`
for VARIABLE in {1..3}
do
echo "$VARIABLE"
done