for
Perform a command several times. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Looping-Constructs.
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Execute the given commands for each of the specified items:
for {{variable}} in {{item1 item2 ...}}; do {{echo "Loop is executed"}}; done
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Iterate over a given range of numbers:
for {{variable}} in {{{from}}..{{to}}..{{step}}}; do {{echo "Loop is executed"}}; done
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Iterate over a given list of files:
for {{variable}} in {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}; do {{echo "Loop is executed"}}; done
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Iterate over a given list of directories:
for {{variable}} in {{path/to/directory1/ path/to/directory2/ ...}}; do {{echo "Loop is executed"}}; done
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Perform a given command in every directory:
for {{variable}} in */; do (cd "${{variable}}" || continue; {{echo "Loop is executed"}}) done
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