bash: while loop.

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Take into account the main readme for this section. README first.

Normally done with a shell script but for demonstration purposes the command line is used.

Syntax while: while test-commands; do consequent-commands; done
What does it do? Execute commands as long as a test succeeds.

$ count=10
$ while [[ $count -gt 5 ]]; do echo $count; ((count--)); done
10
9
8
7
6

Also see: bash: until loop.