Name
for
Synopsis
for x [inlist
] docommands
done
For variable x (in optional list of values) do commands. If in list is omitted, “$@” (the positional parameters) is assumed.
Examples
Paginate files specified on the command line; save each result:
for file; do pr $file > $file.tmp done
Search chapters for a list of words (like fgrep -f):
for item in `cat program_list` do echo "Checking chapters for" echo "references to program $item..." grep -c "$item.[co]" chap* done
Extract a one-word title from each file and use as new filename:
for file do name=`sed -n 's/NAME: //p' $file` mv $file $name done
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