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For bash:
Use double parenthesis to indicate you want ARITHMETIC EVALUATION (see the bash man page) if you are looking for a traditional C-style loop:
$ for ((i=1; i<10; i++)); do echo $i; done
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$
Otherwise use the list type:
$ for ITEM in foo bar baz; do echo $ITEM; done
foo
bar
baz
$
Note: multiple expressions can be entered between the "do" and the "done". Think of the expressions in their more stylized forms if this seems odd (the greater thansymbol in inserted by bash when doing multi-line commands, it is not part of the syntax):
$ for ITEM in foo bar baz
> do
> echo $ITEM
> echo "second part of processing loop"
> done
foo
second part of processing loop
bar
second part of processing loop
baz
second part of processing loop
See "Compound Commands" in the bash man page for more info, and more command structures such as while loops, switch statements, if/then branches, and how to define functions.
Use double parenthesis to indicate you want ARITHMETIC EVALUATION (see the bash man page) if you are looking for a traditional C-style loop:
$ for ((i=1; i<10; i++)); do echo $i; done
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
$
Otherwise use the list type:
$ for ITEM in foo bar baz; do echo $ITEM; done
foo
bar
baz
$
Note: multiple expressions can be entered between the "do" and the "done". Think of the expressions in their more stylized forms if this seems odd (the greater thansymbol in inserted by bash when doing multi-line commands, it is not part of the syntax):
$ for ITEM in foo bar baz
> do
> echo $ITEM
> echo "second part of processing loop"
> done
foo
second part of processing loop
bar
second part of processing loop
baz
second part of processing loop
See "Compound Commands" in the bash man page for more info, and more command structures such as while loops, switch statements, if/then branches, and how to define functions.
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