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From ilug-admin@linux.ie  Mon Aug 19 11:03:04 2002

> On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 05:26:33PM +0100, Padraig Brady wrote:
>>How can I repeat a string an arbitrary number
>>I.E. I'm missing the repeat in the following:
> Well, here's a solution using seq and sed - IMHO its a rather dim solution
> and it definitely dies if STRING contains / (and probably has other ways to
> die too) and a bash loop would certainly be faster, but you know how to do
> PREFIX=seq -s "" $NUMBER|sed "s/./$STRING/g"OA
> And while we're on silly bash questions, is there a way of getting the exit
> status of a command without using $? i.e. can I do something like
> Note that I'm not looking for backtick or $() substitution, nor arithmetic

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I'm not familiar with Dell Dimension XPS, and, to be honest, not familiar
with any brand-name computers. Most of my experience is China
motherboards, but I've seen same behavior once. Changing the battery helps
that time. It was big round battery with 'Panasonic' on it.
Computer starts beeping then we removed battery from MB. It even booted up
(well, loosing time and some other things).
Just my 2 cents.
Misha
On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Aherne Peter-pahern02 wrote:
> Ok, Iknow this is blatantly OT but I'm beginning to go insane.
> Had an old Dell Dimension XPS sitting in the corner and decided to
> put it to use,
<snip>
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