bash: for 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 until: for name [ [in [words …] ] ; ] do commands; done
What does it do? Execute commands for each member in a list.

Using a word list.

$ for fruit in apples oranges pears; do echo "I like $fruit"; done
I like apples
I like oranges
I like pears

Using an expression.

$ count=10
$ for ((i = 0 ; i < count ; i++ )); do echo "$i"; done
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