In Bash, a for loop can be used to iterate over a list of files by specifying the list directly. For example, you can use ‘for file in *.txt; do…
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Can you explain how to use a for loop in Bash scripting to iterate over a list of files and perform an action on each file?
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What is the difference between ‘break’ ‘continue’ and ‘pass’ in Python loops?
‘break’ exits the loop entirely. ‘continue’ skips the current iteration and moves to the next. ‘pass’ does nothing — it is a placeholder.
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