i=1 k=1 j=1 while [ $i -le 5 ] do let k=5-i while [ $j -le $k ] do printf "" let j=j+1 done j=1 while [ $j -le $i ] do printf "* " let j=j+1 done printf "\n" let i=i+1 let j=1 done i=5 k=1 j=1 while [ $i -gt 0 ] do let k=5-i while [ $j -le $k ] do printf "" let j=j+1 done j=1 while [ $j -le $i ] do printf "* " let j=j+1 done printf "\n" let i=i-1 let j=1 done