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\section for for - perform a set of commands multiple times.
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\subsection for-synopsis Synopsis
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<tt>for VARNAME in [VALUES...]; COMMANDS...; end</tt>
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\subsection for-description Description
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<tt>for</tt> is a loop construct. It will perform the commands specified by
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COMMANDS multiple times. Each time the environment variable specified by
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VARNAME is assigned a new value from VALUES. If VALUES is empty, COMMANDS will
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not be executed at all.
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\subsection for-example Example
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The command
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<tt>for i in foo bar baz; echo $i; end</tt>
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would output:
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<pre>
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</pre>
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