how to specify a list for a `for` loop on the command line in bash?

Question

I want to specify a list of non-consecutive numbers on the command line, like so:

for i in (50 89 132 17 55); do
      echo $i
done

How do I specify the list so that $i takes each of the values in turn?

McNisse · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-16 22:12:10Z

6

Just skip the parentheses.

for i in 50 89 132 17 55; do
      echo $i
done

answered Jan 16, 2013 at 22:12

McNisse

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