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for CHAR in A B C D E F
do
        echo $CHAR.dot_delimited_suffix
done

:; cLIeNUX /dev/tty3  02:54:05   /
:;for CHAR in A B C D E F
:;:; do
:;:;         echo $CHAR.dot_delimited_suffix
:;:; done
A.dot_delimited_suffix
B.dot_delimited_suffix
C.dot_delimited_suffix
D.dot_delimited_suffix
E.dot_delimited_suffix
F.dot_delimited_suffix

That's Bourne.
Korn does brace expension? Maybe there's something with that.

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You can do it using awk:

$ alph=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
$ echo D | awk -v alph=$alph '{print substr(alph,match(alph,$0)+1,1)}'
E

Not great but it works.

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Cheers,
Ted J. Loeffelholz
Senior Design Engineer
Caterpillar Inc

function alphanext { # an alpha
  typeset bet="a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z" next
  next=${bet##*/$1/} # strip up to and including the char passed
  next=${next%%/*}   # strip everything after the char found
  echo $next

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Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
Genetics Computer Group, a subsidiary of Oxford Molecular

ch='a'
newch=`echo $ch | tr '[a-zA-Z]' '[b-zaB-ZA]'`

Note that that works even under bourne shell.

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Note the subject.

There a many solutions available if you can afford the
overhead of calling another program.

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Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
Genetics Computer Group, a subsidiary of Oxford Molecular