for

Perform a command several times.

• Execute the given commands for each of the specified items:

for {variable} in {item1 item2 ...}; do {echo "Loop is executed"}; done

• Iterate over a given range of numbers:

for {variable} in {{from}..{to}..{step}}; do {echo "Loop is executed"}; done

• Iterate over a given list of files:

for {variable} in {path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}; do {echo "Loop is executed"}; done

• Iterate over a given list of directories:

for {variable} in {path/to/directory1/ path/to/directory2/ ...}; do {echo "Loop is executed"}; done

• Perform a given command in every directory:

for {variable} in */; do (cd "${variable}" || continue; {echo "Loop is executed"}) done

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