The bash shell provides numerous ways to loop through data to make your work – especially scripting challenges – easier. You can loop through a pile of data so you can get a lot done just by ...

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.

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. Skip to content ...