Here you go: #!/bin/bash declare FILE="/home/jburns/config1" function write { echo $* >> $FILE } declare BEGINPORT=28800 declare ENDPORT=29100 while [ "$BEGINPORT" -lt $(($ENDPORT+1)) ] do write "tcp,0.0.0.0/0,$BEGINPORT,192.168.1.100,$BEGINPORT,on" BEGINPORT=$(($BEGINPORT+1)) done _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list