Bash function to repeat certain characters

Question

I have the following function but it is repetitive and not scalable if I have 5, 6, etc.

append_footnote(){
  file=$1
  if [ "$#" -ge 2 ];then 
    depth=$2
    if [ $depth -eq 1 ];then
      echo '<span style="float: footnote;"><a href="../index.html#toc">Go to TOC</a></span>' >> "$file"
    elif [ $depth -eq 2 ];then
      echo '<span style="float: footnote;"><a href="../../index.html#toc">Go to TOC</a></span>' >> "$file"
    elif [ $depth -eq 3 ];then
      echo '<span style="float: footnote;"><a href="../../../index.html#toc">Go to TOC</a></span>' >> "$file"
    elif [ $depth -eq 4 ];then
      echo '<span style="float: footnote;"><a href="../../../../index.html#toc">Go to TOC</a></span>' >> "$file"
    fi
  else
    echo '<span style="float: footnote;"><a href="./index.html#toc">Go to TOC</a></span>' >> "$file"
  fi
}

It just add ../ in front of index.html#toc depending on $2 arg. How can I make it better?

Related: Writing a character N times using the printf command — steeldriver
– steeldriver, Commented Nov 22, 2022 at 0:57

shin · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-24 22:47:34Z

I came up this one. It works but please let me know if you have better solutions.

repeat(){
  END=$2
  for i in $(eval echo "{1..$END}")
  do
    echo -n "$1"
  done
}

append_footnote(){
  file=$1
  if [ "$#" -ge 2 ];then 
    depth=$2
    path_str=$(repeat '../' $depth)
    if [ $depth -gt 1 ];then
        echo "<span style='float: footnote;'><a href=\"${path_str}index.html#toc\">Go to TOC</a></span>" >> "$file"
    fi
  else
    echo '<span style="float: footnote;"><a href="./index.html#toc">Go to TOC</a></span>' >> "$file"
  fi
}

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