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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Matthias Klose
  • Date: 2014-03-03 22:52:05 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.3.5) (2.2.6 experimental)
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20140303225205-87ltrt5kspeq0g1b
Tags: 4.3-1ubuntu1
* Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
  - skel.bashrc:
    - Run lesspipe.
    - Enable ls aliases.
    - Set options in ll alias to -alF.
    - Define an alert alias.
    - Enabled colored grep aliases.
  - etc.bash.bashrc:
    - Add sudo hint.

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examples/functions/fact
 
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# Who said shells can't use recursion?  Here is a factorial function.
 
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# You call it with a number as an argument, and it returns the factorial
 
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# of that number.
 
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fact ()
 
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{
 
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    local num=$1;
 
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    if [ "$num" = 1 ] ; then
 
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        echo 1
 
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        return ;
 
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    fi;
 
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    echo $(( $num * $(fact $(( $num - 1 )) ) ))
 
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}