while
Simple shell loop. More information: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_04_09.
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Read
stdin
and perform an action on every line:
while read line; do echo "$line"; done
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Execute a command forever once every second:
while :; do {{command}}; sleep 1; done
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