Here's another good C shell quirk: $ echo foo foo $ repeat 3 echo foo foo foo foo $ repeat 3 repeat 3 echo foo foo foo foo foo foo $ repeat $N repeat $M echo foo # $N and $M are integers [ $N + $M - 1 foo's ] $ repeat $N1 repeat $N2 ... repeat $Nk echo foo [ $N1 + $N2 + ... + $Nk - k + 1 foo's ] $ Tim Smith ihnp4!cithep!tim ima!ism780!tim