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.TH REPEAT 1 "March 5, 1985" "UNIX|STAT 5.0" "UNIX User's Manual"
.SH NAME
repeat \- repeat a string or file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B repeat
[-]count [string | file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Repeat
repeatedly prints its first argument \fIcount\fR times.
If \fIcount\fR is negative,
the argument string is repeated \fIabs(count)\fR times,
otherwise, \fIfile\fR is repeatedly printed.
If \fIfile\fR is missing,
input is taken from the standard input,
stored in a temporary file,
and then repeated.
.SH EXAMPLES
.nf
.in +.5i
.if n .ta 10n
.if t .ta 1.5i
repeat 10	#input from tty is reprinted 10 times
pr file | repeat 5	#pr output is repeated five times
repeat -20 hello	#20 hello's are printed
repeat 20 hello	#the file hello is repeated
.in -.5i
.fi
.SH SEE\ ALSO
unixstat(1), series(1), maketrix(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Gary Perlman
.SH BUGS
The name
.I repeat
is a reserved word in
.I csh.
Often, the name
.I rep
is used instead.
.SH KEYWORDS
data manipulation