Re: generate date sequences

[TBlittlefoot]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:05:17AM -0400, Paul Jarc wrote:
> TBlittlefoot <littlefoot8@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > But I can't find a reference to "\<" in man bash. It's
> > not a typo, because the script works fine.
> 
> The backslash ensures that the "<" doesn't trigger a redirection.
> Offhand, I'm not sure whether it's needed in this context, but
> apparently it's at least harmless.

Okay. It's escaped. That makes sense.

> 
> > It appears to be a synonym for "<=",
> 
> <= would iterate one extra time.

:-(  I see that now.

> 
> > Would ">/" == "=>" too?
> 

> \> , '>' , and perhaps > (unquoted) would all be equivalent as
> less-than.  '>=' would be less-than-or-equal.

You mean "greater-than"?

Thanks, Paul,

Tom