#!/bin/bash total=64 for (( i=1; i<=$total; i++ )) do tend=`echo 0.25*$i/$total | bc -l` echo $tend ./ex1adj -pc_type lu -ts_event_tol 1e-10 -tend $tend done ./ex1fwd -pc_type lu -ts_event_tol 1e-10 -tend 0.25