#! /bin/bash program="1/1 455/33 11/13 1/11 3/7 11/2 1/3" echo $program | tr " " "\n" | cut -d"/" -f1 | tr "\n" " " > "data" read -a ns < "data" echo $program | tr " " "\n" | cut -d"/" -f2 | tr "\n" " " > "data" read -a ds < "data" t=0 n=72 echo "steps of computation" > steps.csv while [ $t -le 6 ]; do if [ $(($n*${ns[$t]}%${ds[$t]})) -eq 0 ]; then let "n=$(($n*${ns[$t]}/${ds[$t]}))" let "t=0" factor $n >> steps.csv fi let "t=$t+1" done