korn shell (ksh) – for loop

Reading from a file

for line in $(cat /etc/passwd)
do
  echo $line
done

Iterate for a range

for number in {1..10}
do
  echo “Current number is $number”
done

Loop for values given

for planet in earth mars saturn jupiter
do
  echo “The planet name is $planet”
done

Loop for variable containing multiple values

planets=”earth mars saturn jupiter pluto”
for planet in $planets
do
  echo “The planet name is $planet”
done