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| author |  axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2005-09-20 23:31:55 +1000 |
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| committer | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2005-09-20 23:31:55 +1000 |
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diff --git a/doc_src/for.txt b/doc_src/for.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..83fee0dc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc_src/for.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + +\section for for - perform a set of commands multiple times. + +\subsection for-synopsis Synopsis +<tt>for VARNAME in [VALUES...]; [COMMANDS...]; end</tt> + +\subsection for-description Description +<tt>for</tt> is a loop construct. It will perform the commands specified +by <tt>COMMANDS</tt> multiple times. Each time the environment variable +specified by <tt>VARNAME</tt> is assigned a new value from <tt>VALUES</tt>. + +\subsection for-example Example + +The command + +<tt>for i in foo bar baz; echo $i; end</tt> + +would output: + +<pre>foo +bar +baz</pre> + |