Can you explains UNIX ksh for loop syntax which can repeatedly execute a block of statements with a simple ksh script example?
UNIX ksh syntax is as follows:
for var in item1 item2 item3 ... itemN do command1 command2 ... commandN done
Here is a sample example:
#!/usr/bin/ksh for character in Tom Jerry Spike Tyke Butch Tuffy Quacker do print "Tom and Jerry character is: $character" done
Sample Outputs:
Tom and Jerry character is: Tom Tom and Jerry character is: Jerry Tom and Jerry character is: Spike Tom and Jerry character is: Tyke Tom and Jerry character is: Butch Tom and Jerry character is: Tuffy Tom and Jerry character is: Quacker
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