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Shell Scripting Loops

This document provides examples of different types of shell loops in Bash/shell scripting including for loops, while loops, until loops, nested loops, and examples using break and continue. Key loop constructs demonstrated include: - Basic for loops to iterate through a list or range of numbers - Nested for loops to perform multiple iterations - While and until loops to iterate as long as/until a condition is met - Using break to exit a loop early if a condition is met - Using continue to skip the rest of the current loop iteration if a condition is met

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Shell Scripting Loops

This document provides examples of different types of shell loops in Bash/shell scripting including for loops, while loops, until loops, nested loops, and examples using break and continue. Key loop constructs demonstrated include: - Basic for loops to iterate through a list or range of numbers - Nested for loops to perform multiple iterations - While and until loops to iterate as long as/until a condition is met - Using break to exit a loop early if a condition is met - Using continue to skip the rest of the current loop iteration if a condition is met

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Shell loops Example

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for loop

#!/bin/sh
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
echo "Looping ... number $i"
done

o/p-
[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./for.sh
Looping ... number 1
Looping ... number 2
Looping ... number 3
Looping ... number 4
Looping ... number 5
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#!/bin/bash
#for loop one more eg
i=1
for day in Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
do
echo "Weekday $((i++)) : $day"
done

[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./for-1.sh


Weekday 1 : Mon
Weekday 2 : Tue
Weekday 3 : Wed
Weekday 4 : Thu
Weekday 5 : Fri
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for ((i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)); do

echo "hello world"

done

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while loop
#!/bin/sh

a=0

while [ $a -lt 10 ]
do
echo $a
a=`expr $a + 1`
done

[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./while.sh


0
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until
#!/bin/sh

a=0

until [ ! $a -lt 10 ]
do
echo $a
a=`expr $a + 1`
done
[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./until.sh
0
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2
3
4
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9

eg2= [ $a -gt 10 ] -- try this once


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nested loops
for nested example

#!/bin/bash
# A shell script to print each number five times.
for (( i = 1; i <= 5; i++ )) ### Outer for loop ###
do

for (( j = 1 ; j <= 5; j++ )) ### Inner for loop ###


do
echo -n "$i " #-n means do not output the trailing new line.n do not
output the trailing newline. So it prints the string and does not go to the new
line after that (which is the default behavior), so the output of the next command
will be printed on the right side of the echoed string.
done

echo "" #### print the new line ###


done

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nested while
#!/bin/sh

a=0
while [ "1" -lt 10 ] # this is loop1
do
b="1"
while [ "$1" -ge 0 ] # this is loop2
do
echo -n "0 "
b=`expr $b - 1`
done
echo # here we have added echo for new line. try only echo command we will
get a new line
a=`expr $a + 1`
done

[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./while-nested.sh


0
1 0
2 1 0
3 2 1 0
4 3 2 1 0
5 4 3 2 1 0
6 5 4 3 2 1 0
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
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Infinite loop
#!/bin/bash

a=10

until [ $a -lt 10 ]
do
echo $a
a=`expr $a + 1`
done

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Break
#!/bin/sh

a=0

while [ $a -lt 10 ]
do
echo $a
if [ $a -eq 5 ]
then
break
fi
a=`expr $a + 1`
done

[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./break.sh


0
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5
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continue
#!/bin/sh
a=0

while [ $a -le 10 ]
do
a=`expr $a + 1`
if [ $a -eq 5 ]
then
continue
fi
echo $a
done

[root@ip-172-31-8-124 scripts]# ./continue.sh


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