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The document provides an introduction to shell programming with a focus on looping structures, including for, while, and until loops. It explains the syntax and provides examples for each loop type, highlighting their practical use cases in automating tasks. Additionally, it discusses loop control commands like break and continue to manage loop execution.

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Shell Programming Loops Presentation

The document provides an introduction to shell programming with a focus on looping structures, including for, while, and until loops. It explains the syntax and provides examples for each loop type, highlighting their practical use cases in automating tasks. Additionally, it discusses loop control commands like break and continue to manage loop execution.

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Shell Programming: Looping

Commands (for, while, until)


Presented by: [Your Name]
Introduction to Shell Programming
• - Shell: Command-line interpreter
• - Common shells: Bash, Zsh, Sh
• - Scripting automates tasks
• - Focus: Looping structures
Why Use Loops in Shell Scripts?
• - Automate repetitive tasks
• - Reduce redundancy
• - Improve efficiency
Types of Loops in Shell
• 1. for loop
• 2. while loop
• 3. until loop
for Loop - Syntax
• for variable in list
• do
• commands
• done

• Iterates over list items.


for Loop - Example
• for i in 1 2 3 4 5
• do
• echo "Number: $i"
• done

• Output:
• Number: 1
• ...
• Number: 5
while Loop - Syntax
• while [ condition ]
• do
• commands
• done

• Executes while condition is true.


while Loop - Example
• count=1
• while [ $count -le 5 ]
• do
• echo "Count is $count"
• count=$((count + 1))
• done
until Loop - Syntax
• until [ condition ]
• do
• commands
• done

• Executes until condition is true.


until Loop - Example
• x=1
• until [ $x -gt 5 ]
• do
• echo "x is $x"
• x=$((x + 1))
• done
Loop Control Commands
• - break: Exit loop
• - continue: Skip iteration

• Example:
• for i in {1..5}
• do
• if [ $i -eq 3 ]; then continue; fi
• echo $i
• done
Practical Use Cases
• - Backups with for
• - File reading with while
• - Waiting with until
Summary
• - Loops reduce redundancy
• - for: known sequences
• - while: true condition
• - until: until true condition
Questions & Answers
• “Any questions about loop usage or shell
scripting?”

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