File: recursion-def.sh

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#!/bin/bash
# recursion-def.sh
# A script that defines "recursion" in a rather graphic way.

RECURSIONS=10
r_count=0
sp=" "

define_recursion ()
{
  ((r_count++))
  sp="$sp"" "
  echo -n "$sp"
  echo "\"The act of recurring ... \""   # Per 1913 Webster's dictionary.

  while [ $r_count -le $RECURSIONS ]
  do
    define_recursion
  done
}

echo
echo "Recursion: "
define_recursion
echo

exit $?