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4 July 2025

  • curprev 16:1616:16, 4 July 2025 Princesssquishuskush talk contribs 475 bytes +475 Created page with "== General == * Here is an example for loop at the cli * The first prompt is a $, but for each subsequent line the prompt is a > <pre> for file in * do if grep -l blah $file then more $file fi done </pre> * the variable file could just as easily be called i, but file is self documenting * The grep prints the files it finds in the current directory containing blah, and then more prints the contents of the files * The * here is an example of wildcard expansion / globbing"
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