From e1365274f7f9217a035b3e078fd7586eeef5f886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LumenTeun Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 18:24:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added two new ways to use for loops. --- bash.html.markdown | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/bash.html.markdown b/bash.html.markdown index 2056a9ea..061d35b0 100644 --- a/bash.html.markdown +++ b/bash.html.markdown @@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ do echo "$VARIABLE" done +# They can also be used to act on files.. +# This will run the command 'cat' on file1 and file2 +for VARIABLE in file1 file2 +do + cat "$VARIABLE" +done + +# ..or the output from a command +# This will cat the output from ls. +for OUTPUT in $(ls) +do + cat "$OUTPUT" +done + # while loop: while [ true ] do