# basic loop for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 do echo $i done # loop ls command results for var in `ls -alF` do echo $var done # loop over all the JPG files in the current directory for jpg_file in *.jpg do echo $jpg_file done # loop specified number of times for i in `seq 1 10` do echo $i done # loop specified number of times: the C/C++ style for ((i=1;i<=10;++i)) do echo $i done # loop specified number of times: the brace expansion for i in {1..10} do echo $i done