[ale] sequencing the alphabet

[Bob Toxen]

Store it in a file?  Seriously, this would be faster than working out
a solution in Perl, C, etc.

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On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:30:17PM -0400, Jim Popovitch 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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