Re: Iterating over multiple arguments

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (c.fa.johnson_at_rogers.com)
Date: 01/16/04 

Date: 15 Jan 2004 23:51:49 GMT

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 at 23:15 GMT, Dances With Crows wrote:
> This also works:
>
> samantha:~$ for ARG in one two three ; do
>> echo $ARG
>> done
>
> (If you enter "for ARG in one two three<ENTER>" you'll get a syntax
> error.

    Since when?

    I use that frequently, in shells from Bourne shell to bash and
    ksh; haven't had a syntax error yet.

> Terminate the list with ; , then add the do, and things will
> work as expected.)
>
>> I have tried the syntax you showed me on the bash shell, but it won't
>> work.
>
> The commands you use in bash are both scriptable and enterable one at a
> time from an interactive shell. Something that trips people up in some
> cases is the need to insert ; after every "line" when you're entering a
> command like the first one I wrote where it's all on one line. This is
> just the way bash is; there are other shells and scripting languages,
> and you may find another one more suited to the way you like to do
> things. (I like Perl for doing more complex things, but YMMV.) HTH,
> 

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