source: vendor/bash/3.1/examples/functions/repeat3

# From psamuels@jake.niar.twsu.edu (Peter Samuelson)
# posted to usenet, Message-ID: <6rtp8j$2a0$1@jake.niar.twsu.edu>

repeat ()
{
        local i max;     # note that you can use \$i in the command string
        max=$1; shift;

        i=1; while ((i <= max)); do
                eval "$@"; ((i = i + 1));
        done;
}