using "for" command in hp unix

Question

The below for doesn't work in hp-ux. However, it works on redhat machine. could please let me know what is incorrect here?

#/bin/ksh
Rowcount=`wc -l $acList | awk -F " " '{print $1}'`

for ((i=1; i<=Rowcount; i++)); do
.
.
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Error i'm getting is:

 syntax error at line 4 : `(' unexpected

Answer 1

You can use a while loop:

i=1
while (( i <= Rowcount ))
do
   # Your code
   (( i+= 1 ))
done