#!/bin/bash read -p "Enter size of the clock: " N odd=$(("$N"%2)) if [[ "$odd" == 0 || "$N" <=1 ]]; then echo "Incorrect value. It should be odd and more than a 1" exit fi for (( i=0; i<=$(("$N"-2)); i++ )); do for (( j=0; j<="$N"; j++ )); do if [[ $(("$N"-"$i")) >=$(("$N"-"$j")) ]]; then echo -n "* " else echo -n " " fi done echo "" done for (( i=1; i<="$N"; i++ )); do for (( j=1; j<="$N"; j++ )); do if [[ $(("$N"-"$i")) < "$j" ]]; then echo -n " *" elif [[ "$i" == 1 && "$j" == 5 ]]; then echo -n " " else echo -n " " fi done echo "" done