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Bash `loop` statements

Explore Bash loop statements to repeat commands effectively in shell scripting. Learn for loops with list and c-style syntax, while loops with conditionals, and until loops for execution control. This lesson helps you automate data processing tasks using Bash loops.

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for loop

For loops allow repeated execution of a command sequence based on an iteration variable. Bash supports two kinds of for loop, a “list of values” and a “traditional” c-like method.


for varname in list
do
	commands 
done

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  • Bash for, in, do and
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