Question

I have a test (which is basically an executable) which I want to run several times .Is there like some sort of script or something to do this?Basically I want to run

terminal>./test   and do this like n times.

This is for the command line.

p.s I did not name the executable test ..I just used a mneumonic to help what I was saying

Answer 1

How about

for i in `seq 1 $n`; do ./test ; done

This should work on all sh-like shells. As a side note, naming an executable “test” is not the best idea:

# there's a shell builtin
[cnicutar@fresh ~]$ type test
test is a shell builtin

# and a separate executable, for good measure
[cnicutar@fresh ~]$ which test
/usr/bin/test