How do I iterate over a range of numbers defined by variables in Bash?

Question

How do I iterate over a range of numbers in Bash when the range is given by a variable?

I know I can do this (called \"sequence expression\" in the Bash documentatio

Answer 1

Replace {} with (( )):

tmpstart=0;
tmpend=4;

for (( i=$tmpstart; i<=$tmpend; i++ )) ; do 
echo $i ;
done

Yields:

0
1
2
3
4