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 ...

Using break 2, for example, would cause the script to exit both the current loop and the outer loop. The diagram below illustrates this. Notice how the break command exits both loops.

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 ...