while

wikipedia:While

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
  ((my_var++))
  echo $my_var
done

while true; do tput bel; sleep 5; done

Fish shell:

while CONDITION; COMMANDS; end

• cat your_file.txt | while read i; do echo "YOUR_TEXT $i"; done
• cat your_file.txt | while read i; do echo "$(date) $i"; done

• while read line

Related terms

• for
• until

See also

• for
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• Programming: C, Python, go, loop, while, for, if, variable, Error handling, Regex, Function, IDE, await, R (programming language), XACML, Type, Class inheritance, Methods, Scheme, Array, Deserialization