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   mid_kid (mid_kid@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 01-Aug-2025 18:12:49 JST mid_kid

   Cursed shell snippet to print a string N amount of times:

   ```
   N=10
   test $N -eq 0 || seq $N | xargs printf 'apple'%.0s
   ```
   completely posix compliant :)

   #shell #gnu #linux

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 01-Aug-2025 18:12:48 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @mid_kid seq isn't posix :P
     (Although part of me wishes it would be)
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     mid_kid (mid_kid@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 01-Aug-2025 18:25:14 JST mid_kid

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
     It's really hard to keep track of what is and isn't posix, this has bitten me a bunch of times...
     (thanks for letting me know, lol)

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