The break command will exit the loop skipping over any remaining commands in the loop while the continue command will skip the remaining commands within the loop and return to the start of the ...

Bash scripting is every Linux administrator's Swiss Army knife. Learn how using a for-loop in conjunction with Bash scripts can produce powerful results.

Now that we know how for loops, while read loops, $(), and variables all work, let's look at one real-world example of how I use them in daily practice—deleting a range of ZFS snapshots.

The Linux fold command enables you to break a string of characters into same-size chunks, but it can also be used to provide a series of characters or strings to drive a loop. This post reviews ...