How do I make a loop in bash

George_Hegland

Having an array stored in a variable, how do I run a for each loop for every item in the array?

AndrewLowrance

I'm not familiar with bash arrays, but here's an example on how to use a list stored in a file and a while loop:

#!/bin/bash
# path to file 
input="lists.txt"
 
# read a file line-by-line using while loop
while IFS= read -r line
do
    printf 'processing %s file\n' "$line"
done < "$input"

Kenneth_Crayton

Seems about right, thanks for sharing!